In one storyline, a notorious outlaw hides as an army camel driver. In the other alternating plot, an Arizona frontierswoman runs out of water.

‘The Women Who Caught the Babies’ is a series of connected poems by Eloise Greenfield about midwives and their role in African-American culture.

Maine-based writer Patricia Levy’s latest novel may be an interesting academic exercise, but neither the characters nor the dramatic arc ever achieve lift-off.

The author, who died in 2010, live a reclusive life in Cornish, N.H.

Morrison, who died Monday, left behind countless writers for whom her characters were like close acquaintances and her stories like guiding parables.

A celebration of hippie ethos and style, Daniel Bukszpan’s ‘Woodstock: 50 Years of Peace and Music’ presents a selective view of the ’60s.