New in January: Skirmish

“Clint McCown’s The Weatherman is a funny and smart novel about making it through the seriously changeable weather of life on planet Earth. When the meteorologist of the title—a memorable character named Taylor Wakefield—points to that seemingly empty blue screen behind him, it’s not just clouds and sunshine that show up, it’s us.” —Robert Olen Butler

Selected by Sonia Sanchez as the 2005 winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, given to the best first collection by an African American poet.

In Joseph Campana's debut collection, starring Audrey Hepburn, icons of public consumption speak in the language of private devotion.