In “Baby, I Don’t Care,” one of the most unusual and persuasive books of poems I’ve read in some time, Minnis is not merely conducting a droll séance with the help of Turner Classic Movies.

In 'Baby, I Don't Care,' droll and fierce poems influenced by film noir. D “Let’s go get some smoke in our eyes,” she writes in her latest collection, “Baby, I Don’t Care,” a set of ...