Blurt

This entertaining read is about the word "fuck", the law, and the taboo. Whether you shout it out in the street or whisper it in the bedroom, deliberately plan a protest, or spontaneously blurt it out, if you say "fuck," someone wants to silence you, either with a dirty look across the room or by making a rule that you cannot say the word. When it's the government trying to cleanse your language, though, you should worry. …

Everyone knows a few French phrases, but au revoir and bonjour can only get one so far. "Learn French in a Hurry" is the perfect pocket language primer for a student traveling abroad to a French-speaking nation, a professional doing business in Paris, or someone who just wants to lay a foundation for learning the beautiful French language…

Tear's Serenade and Nocturne are sterling performances, fervent and expressive without falling into preciousness. Harper's passionate Illuminations makes a strong case for a female voice in these fevered poems. Civil, Marriner and Tate provide atmospheric support.