“An emotionally resonant debut that will stay with you long after you read the last word.“—Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, authors of How to Save a Life
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“This story is an essential mirror and window, serving as a reminder that language is a superpower.” —School Library Journal (Starred Review)
A psychologist haunted by childhood trauma must unearth all that is buried in her past in this twisting, lyrical novel of suspense by Mary Higgins Clark Award–winning author Jenny Milchman.
“An engaging read. As much a manual on acting as it is a memoir…[with] plenty of inspiration for readers.”—Library Journal
“Taraji P. Henson, a Golden Globe winner and an Academy and Emmy Award nominee, shares her rocky road to fame in a bona fide hit memoir.“—Essence Magazine
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Miranda conceptualized and produced George Grosz’ Interregnum, a short film. Grosz, the anti-Nazi artist and Miranda’s former teacher, the subject of the Academy Award nominated documentary, won First Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
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“Francesca Momplaisir’s storytelling is lush, dynamic, and captivating, with a sharp eye for details and an honest, uncompromising depiction of human visciousness…an absolutely gripped read!”—Sahar Delijani, author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree
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“A promising debut…an intriguing and innovative woman-centered swashbuckling quest narrative, centers on the social impact of climate change a little over a century from now. Readers who enjoy postapocalyptic fiction and strong female heroes will appreciate Myra, a super-survivalist who combines Wonder Woman’s physical prowess and the unsinkable Molly Brown’s resilience.”
—Publishers Weekly
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"Readers will recognize their own feelings of anger, disappointment, and loss of control through Neil’s empathetic text, laden with sensory metaphors."—Kirkus
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“My So-Called Superpowers is vibrant, lively, and hums along at a snappy pace. It has a genuinely warm, welcoming Saturday-morning cartoon feeling to it.”―Tony Cliff, New York Times–bestselling author of the Delilah Dirk series
“Heather Nuhfer has hilariously and achingly captured what it’s like to be in middle school, trying to control the weird things that make you different but also super. And it’s impossible not to root for Veronica. Super real, super fun, and just generally and genuinely super.”―Dana Simpson, author of the Phoebe and Her Unicorn series
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George O’Connor is the creator of several children’s books, including the New York Times best-selling Olympians series, retellings of Greek myths in comic form. About If I Had a Raptor, he says, “Someone smarter than me once remarked that if your cat was a little bigger and you were a little bit smaller, it would eat you.
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“An essential collection for readers and students of black history and literature.“―Library Journal, starred review
“An expertly selected and edited sampler that features 25 of the best black writers to work in the U.S…Black Ink is the sort of book that opens doors to other books.“―Shelf Awareness, starred review
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“Terrifying, suspenseful and genuinely original, Kill Me Once will chill you to the bone.“—Karin Slaughter, author of Broken
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Maureen O’Brien’s short stories and poems have appeared in several reviews and anthologies. She has been the recipient of grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and Barbara Deming/Money for Women, and she was awarded the 2007 Patricia Dobler Poetry Prize.
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“In this gripping, meditative second novel, Brian Payton explores this nearly forgotten chapter of American history.”—New York Times Book Review
“Powerful… thoughtfully conceived…The pages of this book practically turn themselves… By turns greathearted and grim, The Wind Is Not a River probes the reasons for, and the consequences of, the human practice of war…this story may haunt you long after you’ve put the book down.”—Seattle Times
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Dr. Stacey Patton is an award-winning journalist and child advocate who teaches digital storytelling and media literacy at Howard University.. She is the author of Not My Cat.
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“Nancy Pearl understands the desperate, confused, needy heart that beats under the surface of even the most dysfunctional of relationships, and exposes it with wit and genuine love. Oh, and you’ll never think about football the same way again.”—Katherine Heiny, author of Single, Carefree, Mellow
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“As the editor of the groundbreaking journal Kweli, Laura Pegram has introduced us to many of the finest writers of the contemporary literary landscape. In this new, monumental anthology, Pegram has gathered several of these writers, welcoming us to a luminous community in the word.” —Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois
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“Pekkanen deftly intertwines four stories into a tapestry depicting the frayed seams underlying small-town American domesticity. A mistress of women’s fiction, Pekkanen transforms clichéd suburban troubles—from adolescent drama to infidelity—into a compelling, suspenseful tale.”—Kirkus
“A gossipy page-turner.”—Glamour
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“Perino’s narrative is a lucid account of period banking and stock-market swindles and a crackerjack legal drama, as Pecora’s cunning, relentless questioning demolished the bankers’ evasions. (The Sicilian immigrant’s triumph over the WASP financial elite also heralded a social revolution, the author contends.) Perino’s book is a trenchant, entertaining study of the New Deal’s heroic beginnings, one with obvious relevance to latter-day efforts to rein in Wall Street’s excesses.“—Publishers Weekly
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"This Here is Love is an utterly riveting intergenerational saga of love, betrayal, theft and resilience. Princess Joy L. Perry laces every chapter with fireworks and unforgettable characters―all off-kilter, wounded and searching for solace in this epic tale of slavery and freedom."
― Lawrence Hill, author of Someone Knows My Name, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize