Catch up with hot new wordsmiths in  “The Best American Poetry“ and “Best American Short Stories“ of 2017.  Poetry editor Natasha Trethewey hosts the innovative PBS segment “Where Poetry Lives”,  which helps viewers see why verse is both “elegant and necessary.”   Meg Wolitzer, meanwhile, has collected at set of stories that are filled with “unforgettable characters … burning with stories to tell”.  Besides being your guide to “who’s who and what’s happening”, they make for just plain good reading