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A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, California. *woke up no light* is a Black girl’s saunter turned to a woman’s defiant strut.

A most anticipated book of 2021 by Oprah Magazine • Vulture • Essence • Elle • Cosmopolitan • Real Simple • Refinery 29 • She Reads • The Everygirl • Career Contessa.

From a "genius" (New York Times) storyteller comes a new, subversive, hilarious, heart-breaking collection.

Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with an innovative novel in verse, exploring Hindu mythology and legend. Let her be a little less human, a little more divine.

The American debut of an acclaimed young poet as she explores her identity as a twenty-first-century Indigenous woman.

A wondrous collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of The Rain in Portugal.

These eight new stories from the celebrated novelist and short-story writer Nathan Englander display a gifted young author grappling with the great questions of modern life, with a command of langu

A treasure trove of nine locked room mysteries from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award–winning author Gigi Pandian, all set in the Jaya Jones world.

A groundbreaking voice in contemporary Latin American literature, María Fernanda Ampuero's writing is "raw and savage" as she confronts machismo, inequity, and violence in this accla

An exquisitely original collection of darkly funny stories that explore the panorama of Jewish experience in contemporary Poland, from a world-class contemporary writer.

Bestiary meets The Dangers of Smoking in Bed in this collection of eleven eerie, uncanny, and surreal short stories.

The Strength In Our Scars is Bianca Sparacino's reminder to you: No matter what you're going through, no matter where you are on your healing journey—you are strong.

Kasia Van Schaik's debut story collection follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divorce raised by a single mother in a small town in British Columbia after moving from South Africa.

Award-winning author Darcy Tamayose returns with Ezra's Ghosts, a collection of fantastical stories linked by a complex mingling of language and culture, as well as a deep understanding of gri

Exploring what it means to be alive in this increasingly contradictory, unjust, and frightening era in human history, award-winning poet Michael Trussler grapples with the beauty and violence of th