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In the poetry marketplace, her praise had reputation-making power, while her disapproval could be withering.

She devoted her life to showing us how and why.

“We are a literary city”: Will Evans started saying it in 2013, when he started the publisher Deep Vellum. Alongside the bookstore Wild Detectives and others, they’ve put Dallas on the literary map.

In “The Rulebreaker,” Susan Page pays tribute to a pioneering journalist who survived being both a punchline and an icon.

Alana S. Portero’s debut, “Bad Habit,” follows one woman’s coming-of-age in a blue-collar Madrid neighborhood.

Our romance columnist recommends three terrific new books, but the one she loves most is Cat Sebastian’s “You Should Be So Lucky.”

“Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other,” the author’s new collection, ranges from a playful one-act drama set in a lake to short fiction rife with apocalyptic anxiety.

In “The Whole Staggering Mystery,” Sylvia Brownrigg explores her mysterious parent’s past, and finds more than she bargained for.

“Lucky” features a 1970s singer-songwriter who finds improbable success.

The event had been set for April 29, but weeks of escalating criticism of the organization’s response to the war had led nearly half of the prize nominees to withdraw.