Sappho's Leap, by Erica Jong. W.W. Norton, 316 pages, $24.95.
The Nile isn't the only sodden delta in the ancient world. No. As she trips about the Mediterranean, tricky-fingers Sappho-that peerless crooner-leaves behind a trail of damp deltas that would give Anaïs Nin pause. But this isn't Anaïs Nin-it's the fearless Erica Jong, whose latest historical Read MoreMy Date With Satan , by Stacey Richter. Scribner, 223 pages, $22.
The Woman Who Cut Off Her Leg at the Maidstone Club , by Julia Slavin. Henry Holt, 194 pages, $22. Hullabaloo permitting, what is the New Girl Order all about? According to Marcelle Karp and Debbie Stoller, founders of the girl 'zine Bust Read MoreBlood Acre , by Peter Landesman. Viking, 260 pages, $23.95.
The Narrowback , by Michael Ledwidge. Atlantic Monthly Press, 304 pages, $24. The new esthetic in high pulp: Mrs. Dalloway meets NYPD Blue . For the cross-over audience, those haute folk who sneak a James M. Cain between their Don DeLillo and Ernest Hemingway; who consider Read More
