Literature
 
In this Issue
New & Recently Released in Literature
Poetry
The Ohio Literary Trail: A Guide
by Betty Weibel

The Ohio Literary Trail celebrates the Buckeye State's role in shaping culture and literature worldwide. 
New & Recently Released in Literature
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question
by Michael Schur

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,500 years of deep thinking from around the world.
You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
by Zora Neale Hurston

Spanning more than 35 years of work, this anthology showcases the writings of one of the most acclaimed artists of the Harlem Renaissance, providing a window into her world and time. 
Essays Two: On Proust, Translation, Foreign Languages, and the City of Arles
by Lydia Davis

The winner of the Man Booker International Prize for her fiction and a finalist for the National Book Award presents, for the first time, the experience of translating Proust, Flaubert and Michel Leiris. 
Around the World in 80 Books: A Literary Journey
by David Damrosch

A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them.
The New York Times Book Review: 125 Years of Literary History
by Book Author

Overflowing with remarkable reportage and images, including vintage photographs, the editors of the New York Times Book Review curates its dynamic 125-year history, collecting interesting reviews, anecdotes and essays from famous writers and more. 
The Best American Essays 2021
by Kathryn Schulz

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning journalist and New Yorker staff writer Kathryn Schulz.
Poetry
Books and Libraries: Poems
by Andrew Scrimgeour

An anthology of poems from around the world and through the ages on the subjects of books and libraries.
Winter Recipes from the Collective
by Louise Glück

The 2020 Nobel Prize winner’s haunting new book is the voice containing all of our lifetimes—“all the worlds, each more beautiful than the last."
Feel Your Way Through: A Book of Poetry
by Kelsea Ballerini

A debut collection of poetry from the award-winning, American country pop singer, songwriter, and producer explores the emotions, struggles and experiences of finding your voice and confidence as a woman in the music world and beyond.
You Better Be Lightning
by Andrea Gibson

A queer, political, and feminist collection guided by self-reflection.
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