It may be utter fantasy, but it’s the kind of escape you’ll want to revisit again and again, like a favorite Austen novel.” ...

In this week's column, author Lesléa Newman offers some advice for overcoming the anxiety that stems from struggling to start a new poem.

In Laura Piani's knowing comedy, a headbound bookshop clerk finds herself not ruined by the author but charmed by the possibilities of a fuller existence.