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Hold You Down is an edgy novel from rising star Tracy Brown about the perils of love and the ties that bind. New York City. Late 1980s to early 1990s.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Women, a moving, powerful novel about the fragile threads that bind together our lives and the astonishing potential of second chances.

Finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry — Finalist for the 2021 NAACP Image Award for Poetry. Danez Smith is our president.

Throughout their youth, Columpa Bobb and Tania Carter wrote poetry with their mother, award-winning author Lee Maracle. The three always dreamed that one day they would write a book together.

Dubbed "The Wickedest Man In the World", Aleister Crowley is best known for his occult writings and interests, but in a seemingly contradictory and bewildering list he also dabbled as a p

A romantic coming-of-age story about growing up, falling in love, and surviving life—all set in the world of superheroes—from debut author Cristina Fernandez, proving that you don't need a sup

"The perfect pick to really light a fire under my book club, and yours... A reminder that goodness, and books, can still win in this world." — New York Times Book Review.

"Full of invention and ingenuity . . . Great fun." —SFX on Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City.

"Come for the crackling queer banter, stay for the history of magic (steeped in shrewd social consciousness)." —Ryan Douglass, New York Times bestselling author of The Taking of Jake Livi

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she's been deaf since the age of six, Joey's mother has never allowed her to learn sign language.

"One of the most important books of poetry to come along in years."—Craig Morgan Teicher, NPR.

#1 New York Times Bestseller – A “stunning” (America Ferrera) YA novel about a teenager coming to terms with losing her sister and finding herself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes

From Dr. Martina McGowan, I am The Rage is a Nautilus Award and BCALA 2022 Honor Poetry Award–winning collection perfect for fans of Amanda Gorman and Maya Angelou.

A New York Times bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads, and more.

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction. Dept.