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Posted in Asian Interest Biographical Fiction

Last Words From Montmartre by Qiu Miaojin

Qiu Miaojin | Last Words From Montmartre | ‘An NYRB Classics Original Last Words from Montmartre is a novel in letters that narrates the gradual dissolution of a relationship between two lov

Posted in Black Interest Speculative Fiction

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

Nicky Drayden | The Prey of Gods | In South Africa, the future looks promising. Personal robots are making life easier for the working class. The government is harnessing renewable ener

Posted in Fiction

Closer To Fine by Meri Weiss

Meri Weiss | Closer To Fine | In this luminous debut novel about a young woman putting her life back together after the death of her brother, Meri Weiss explores hope after heartbr

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences

Homintern by Gregory Woods

Gregory Woods | Homintern | ‘In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has h

Posted in Poetry

Like a Beggar by Ellen Bass

Ellen Bass | Like a Beggar | ‘Ellen Bass brings a deft touch as she continues her ongoing interrogations of crucial moral issues of our times, while simultaneously delighting in e

Posted in Mystery

A Matter of Blood by Catherine Maiorisi

Catherine Maiorisi | A Matter of Blood | Just back from her second tour in Afghanistan, NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli goes undercover to expose a ring of dirty cops. But when she’s ordered to

Posted in LGBT Studies/Social Sciences Parenting & Families

Charity And Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America by Rechel Hope Cleves

Rechel Hope Cleves | Charity And Sylvia: a Same-Sex Marriage in Early America | The book overturns conventional notions that same-sex marriage is new. It presents evidence that the union between Charity and Sylvia was regarded as

Posted in Autobiography/Biography

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein

Carrie Brownstein | Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl | A ‘narrative of [rock guitarist and actor Brownstein’s] escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-inventi

Posted in Autobiography/Biography

Lost Cat by Caroline Paul

Caroline Paul | Lost Cat | Caroline Paul was recovering from a bad accident and thought things couldn’t get worse. But then her beloved cat Tibia disappeared. She and her partne

Posted in Black Interest Fiction

Fifth Born Ii: the Hundredth Turtle by Zelda Lockhart

Zelda Lockhart | Fifth Born Ii: the Hundredth Turtle | Fifth Born II: The Hundredth Turtle is sequel to the novel Fifth Born. Set in New York s Harlem and in rural Mississippi during the late 1970 s