Bonnie Garmus’s new novel follows a young poet in 1980s New York

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  Bonnie Garmus’s new novel, Peck & Peck, follows aspiring poet Batter Gray in the 1980s New York poetry world.

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  Batter, who comes from Yuba City, California, lands a job at the prestigious poetry magazine Peck & Peck.

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  He becomes caught up in a bitter feud between the magazine’s twin editors-in-chief.

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  Garmus said the idea grew from her renewed habit of reading a poem each day.

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  The book is a follow-up to Garmus’s debut novel, Lessons in Chemistry.

Who

Bonnie Garmus wrote the novel, which follows aspiring poet Batter Gray.

What

Peck & Peck is a coming-of-age story set in the 1980s poetry world.

When

The story is set in the 1980s.

Where

New York City, mainly at the poetry magazine Peck & Peck.

Why

Garmus said she began imagining the story after returning to reading a poem each day.

This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.