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If doomed to repeat one’s life over and over again during the 1940s, who wouldn’t try to kill Hitler? Yet not interfering with history is one of the cardinal rules of the Cronus Club, a select group of people known as the kalachakra , who loop through time in “ The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August ,” by Claire North (Redhook, $25).

Edward Hirsch’s “A Poet’s Glossary” is an instant classic that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious poet and literature student. This exhaustive resource surveys the landscape of poetry — its forms, devices and schools — and traces the development of the art form through the centuries and around the world.

In “Young Money,” journalist Kevin Roose doesn’t write about the Wall Street of the movies, where “Masters of the Universe” mix billion-dollar deals with over-the-top partying.

An interview with MaryKatherine Callaway, the director of LSU Press.

The author recalls her life in Detroit for inspiration for both old and new stories.

As she began her campaign to become the United States senator from Massachusetts in 2012, Elizabeth Warren indicates that she felt far more comfortable discussing stagnant wages and predatory mortgage practices than talking about herself.

Children's author Eric Carle reunites with childhood friend from his book 'Friends.'

Ms. Rankine is the eighth winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, awarded by Poets & Writers.

Here's a sneak peek at the CBS summer series, which returns on June 30.

In the newly translated memoir “Poilu,” a Frenchman offers acidic observations on trench warfare while serving on the Western Front.

FICTION: In these haunting short stories by the author of “The Giant’s House,” parents are filled with pain and guilt.

A noted Russian scholar examines the Russian Revolution in a new light.

An eclectic Italianate Victorian in Frenchtown, N. J., owned by the author of “Eat, Pray, Love.”

“The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton — it’s a book built around characters and plots inspired by astrological principles. It’s a neo-Victorian murder mystery and a mere 832 pages long, and it made 28-year-old Catton the youngest person to win the coveted Man Booker Prize. The voice is natural, easy to understand and ambitious; she’s a novelist who is seeking to reclaim the authorial, a writer who seeks to entertain and enlighten.”

A chronicle of caregiving — and a conversation starter — written with love and unstinting honesty.