Biyi Bandele

Rupert Everett. Atria, $28.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-6680-7645-3 British actor Everett debuts with an appealing collection of stories, many of them culled from his ideas for scripts, that address themes of loss, love, and the pitfalls of fame. The title entry, which takes the form of a rant, bemoans the fickleness of Hollywood (an “American no” is when a director gushes over an idea, then ghosts the creator).

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Aria Aber. Hogarth, $29 (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-73111-6 Aber, who won the Whiting Award for her poetry collection, Hard Damage, makes her fiction debut with a stunning coming-of-age story set amid Berlin’s underground art and music scene.