The New York Review of Books Magazine

Peter C. Baker’s first novel, Planes, was published in 2022. He is currently working on a detective novel set in Chicago. Bei Dao is the author of several books of poetry, fiction, and essays. His book-length poem Sidetracks will be published this sp

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