Poetry as a Cistern for Love and Loss

Rocket Fantastic (Persea Books, 2017) is a sequence-driven collection in which Gabrielle Calvocoressi animates figures—The Bandleader, The Dowager, The Major General, siblings and guardians—to investigate bodily transformation, eroticism, and identity; the book uses mythic and musical motifs and a nonbinary pronoun symbol for a central character to subvert conventional gender language and probe pleasure, grief, and presence in contemporary life.

Edited by Kevin Young, the poetry editor of The New Yorker, this anthology spans a century of poetry from the magazine. It features works by renowned poets such as W.H. Auden, Dorothy Parker, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath, and many others. The book is organized into sections themed around times of day and chronological groupings by decade, highlighting the historical and cultural relevance of the poetry. It includes poems that responded to significant events like wars, 9/11, and the COVID-19 pandemic, showcasing the magazine's role in reflecting and shaping cultural discourse.

No detailed description available. Brian Bremner is a journalist who has written extensively on economic issues, but specific details about a book titled 'The New Economy' by him are not found.