'Breakup/Breakdown', a collection of poetry by Charles Jensen. Can one find hope in poems of heartbreak and loss?

Is 'Our Short History A Novel', Lauren Grodstein's sixth book, one of the best novels of 2017?

Is 'The Leavers', the forthcoming debut novel from Lisa Ko, worth waiting for?

'Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul Simon' by Peter Ames Carlin fails because in the end we don't know who Paul Simon is.

Does Joel Selvin's 'Altamont: The Rolling Stones, The Hell's Angels and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day', maintain a proper perspective on the events that have made the concert notorious?

Is The Other Widow: A Novel by Susan Crawford a proper follow-up to The Pocket Wife?

Is "Harmony" one of author Carolyn Parkhurst's best efforts?

Does a documentary film about the Hispanic community of Boyle Heights shy away from tackling the major issue of the day?

Will the members of the dysfunctional Olyphant family manage to find contentment in life?

Is the latest (reissued) live album from Ten Years After an essential purchase?