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  • Reinbou

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    “Reinbou is a gem [and] I feel as if I’ve found a treasure at the end of a reader’s rainbow.” –Julia Alvarez, author of The Cemetery of Untold Stories and the international bestseller In the Time of [more below]

    • Author: Cabiya, Pedro
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: March 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 1662602510
    • Language: English
  • The Sex Lives of African Women: Self Discovery, Freedom, and Healing

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    Now in paperback and with journaling prompts, an Economist Best Book of the Year hailed as “Touching, joyful, defiant–and honest,” celebrating African women’s unique journeys toward sexual pleasure a[more below]

    • Author: Sekyiamah, Nana Darkoa
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: February 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601980
    • Language: English
  • Sunrise: Radiant Stories

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    “A knockout.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred review)

    “A remarkable collection.” –Kirkus Reviews

    A collection of contemplative, lyrical stories examining the visible and invisible consequences of atomic

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    • Author: Kobayashi, Erika
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: July 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601174
    • Language: English
  • Identitti

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    “Provocative and knotty . . . Identitti is a bracing story, one in which Sanyal refuses to give us the easy way out.”
    –Olivia Craighead, The New York Times

    Nivedita (a.k.a. Identitti), a well-known bl

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    • Author: Sanyal, Mithu
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: July 26 2022
    • ISBN10: 1662601298
    • Language: English
  • Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse

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    NOW IN PAPERBACK FEATURING A SHORT STORY FROM THE FORTHCOMING COLLECTION BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT, JESUS IS ALIVE

    “A macabre love story that casts an inquisitive eye on Latinidad, womanhood, and ce

    • Author: Lozada-Oliva, Melissa
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: September 27, 2022
    • ISBN10: 1662601654
    • Language: English
  • Uranians: Stories

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    “Playful and provocative . . . McCombs’s mix of heart and zany ideas is often reminiscent of George Saunders. Readers will find plenty of earthy and unearthly delights.”
    Publishers Weekly

    “I have bee

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    • Author: McCombs, Theodore
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: May 30 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601948
    • Language: English
  • My Men

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    A New York Times Best Crime Novel of 2023

    A Wall Street Journal Best Mystery Book of 2023

    A CrimeReads Best Historical Fiction and International Crime Novel of 2023

    A Best Book of 2023 – Chicago Revie

    • Author: Kielland, Victoria
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: June 27, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601921
    • Language: English
  • Do You Remember Being Born?

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    A Best Book of 2023 – Marie Claire, Inside Hook, Our Culture Magazine, WIRED

    “[A] timely and lovely new novel.” –Lincoln Michel, The New York Times Book Review

    “A compassionate and lyrical portrait .

    • Author: Michaels, Sean
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 05, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662602324
    • Language: English
  • The Town of Babylon

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    A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION

    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE

    ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literatu

    • Author: Varela, Alejandro
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: March 22, 2022
    • ISBN10: 1662601034
    • Language: English
  • Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth

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    “A powerful case for limitarianism–the idea that we should set a maximum on how much resources one individual can appropriate. A must-read!”
    –Thomas Piketty, bestselling author of Capital in the Tw

    • Author: Robeyns, Ingrid
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: January 16, 2024
    • ISBN10: 1662601840
    • Language: English
  • Pedro and Marques Take Stock: A Picaresque Novel

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    “[A] vibrant and punchy novel . . . Through Falero’s lovable characters, readers will meditate on violence and respectability within the death-trap of runaway capitalism. Head-on against the grim indi

    • Author: Falero, José
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: November 07, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601239
    • Language: English
  • I Went to See My Father

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    An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After Mom; centering on a woman’s efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family

    • Author: Shin, Kyung-Sook
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: April 11, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601379
    • Language: English
  • The People Who Report More Stress: Stories

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    A Best Book of 2023 – Publisher’s Weekly, Electric Literature, Chicago Public Library

    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 STORY PRIZE

    LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE

    “Alejandro Varela’s The Peo

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    • Author: Varela, Alejandro
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: April 04 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601077
    • Language: English
  • Fire in the Canyon

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    A New Yorker Best Book of 2023

    A new novel from National Book Award nominee Daniel Gumbiner about a California grape-grower, his family, and the climate disaster that upends their quiet lives.

    Since h

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    • Author: Gumbiner, Daniel
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: October 03 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662602421
    • Language: English
  • Her Side of the Story: From the Author of Forbidden Notebook

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    “A courageous novel, beautifully imagined and written.”
    –Elena Lappin, The Washington Post

    “De Cespedes’ work has lost none of its subversive force”
    –The New York Times Book Review

    * “De C?pedes’s me

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    • Author: de Céspedes, Alba
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 512
    • Publish Date: November 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601433
    • Language: English
  • We Are a Haunting

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    WINNER – 2023 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

    National Book Foundation “5 Under 35” Honoree

    Longlisted for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize

    A Best Book of 2023 – NPR, Electric Literature, L

    • Author: White, Tyriek
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: April 25, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601719
    • Language: English
  • Forbidden Notebook

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    A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

    “Powerful.” —The New Yorker
    “Brilliant.” —The Wall Street Journal
    “Astounding.” —NPR
    “Forceful, clear and morally engaged.” —The Washington Post
    “Subversive.”
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    • Author: de Céspedes, Alba
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: January 17 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601395
    • Language: English
  • Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration

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    Best Nonfiction of 2023 – Kirkus


    “One of the most thoughtful meditations on our nation’s immigration policy in recent memory.”
    –The Boston Globe

    A chronicle of translation, storytelling, and borde

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    • Author: Oliva, Alejandra
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: June 20 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601697
    • Language: English
  • Happy

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    “Leaping, chattering, dancing atop this conundrum [of global migration] comes the hero of Celina Baljeet Basra’s debut novel, Happy Singh Soni, his head bursting with ideas, his heart set on gargantua

    • Author: Baljeet Basra, Celina
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: November 14, 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662602308
    • Language: English
  • Candelaria

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    A Best Book of 2023 – USA Today, Vogue.com, HipLatina, Largehearted Boy

    “With tongue-in-cheek humor and sharp cultural criticism, this novel is an unforgettable exploration of diasporic identity poli

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    • Author: Lozada-Oliva, Melissa
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 1662601808
    • Language: English
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