Shonia L. Brown | A Deeper Love | When Angel Reynolds found herself at a white lesbian bar on Christmas Eve, she never expected to encounter two women that would drastically change her
Willa Cather; Sharon O’Brien | 24 Stories | This superb collection of Willa Cather’s early stories–including twelve never before available in paperback–is the first to show the full scope and
Kelly Magee | Body Language | Largely set in the South, the eleven stories of Body Language guide us into the hidden worlds of the culture wars. The people in these stories
Gretchen Stone | Kaleidoscope | ‘Strong writing and fine characterizations make this first novel, Kaleidoscope, a great pick for a winter read by the fire, or a summer read on
Isabel Miller | Patience and Sarah | In the early nineteenth century, in a puritanical New England town, two women fall in love. With no one to guide or support them, Patience and Sarah t
Blanche McCrary Boyd | The Redneck Way of Knowledge | This intoxicating book by the author of The Revolution of Little Girls combines autobiography, reporting, and the dressed-up lies we call fiction. An
Erika Lopez | Hoochie Mama | ‘Fresh from prison, Tomato ‘Mad Dog’ Rodriguez returns to find her once-bohemian Mission neighborhood overrun by Latte People trading stocks on cell p
Marianne Banks | Growing Up Delicious | There were a lot of reasons that explained why Jennifer Andersen left Delicious. The marriage of her sweetheart to a man and her attempt to drown her
Christa Winsloe | The Child Manuela | Winsloe’s 1929 novel became the movie ‘Maedchen In Uniform.’ The story revolves around a young girl who is sent to a repressive Prussian boarding scho