Robert Jones Jr.’s The Prophets – his debut novel – tells the story of Samuel and Isaiah, slaves whose love creates a refuge in a world ruled by vicious masters. But when an older man, a fellow slave, seeks to gain favor by preaching the master’s gospel on the plantation, the enslaved begin to turn on […]
In I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir, Tony Award-winning author Harvey Fierstein's candid recollections of his life provide a rich window into downtown New York City life, the gay rights movements of the 1970s, the tumultuous AIDS crisis of the '80s, the evolution of theater, and his family's journey of acceptance. It turns out […]
After three books, Anthony Horowitz, the central character in Anthony Horowitz’s The Twist of a Knife: A Novel splits from ex-detective Daniel Hawthorne. He has a new play opening in London’s West End to attend to. But when Sunday Times critic Margaret Throsby pans the production and then winds up stabbed in the heart with […]
In Imogen Crimp’s A Very Nice Girl: A Novel, Anna unexpectedly wins a place at the London Conservatory. Max, a man she meets in the bar where she sings, is everything she’s not: rich, tailored to precision, impossible to read. Soon, her infatuation with him starts to turn her away from her career – and […]
Nikki May’s debut novel, Wahala: A Novel, follows three Anglo Nigerian best friends. Ronke, who wants happily ever after and 2.2. kids, is dating Kayode, who her friends think is just another in a long line of dodgy Nigerian boyfriends. Boo, who has everything Ronke wants but is frustrated, unfulfilled, plagued by guilt, and desperate […]
After surviving a humpback whale crashing into his kayak, Tom Mustill turned to his experience as a naturalist and wildlife filmmaker to investigate human-whale interactions around the world. And in How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication, he examines how artificial intelligence – originally designed to translate human languages – […]
In Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callender, when Lark’s former best friend Kasim accidentally posts a thread on Twitter declaring his love for a secret unrequited crush, Lark’s social media stats and messy emotions explode, setting them on a journey to speak the truth and discover how self-love can be a revolution. […]
This first and only YA biography of the great American novelist and humanist comes out on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Cat’s Cradle, and many other brilliant novels and short stories, is one of our greatest American writers. Born in 1922, Vonnegut’s life was full […]
In Nothing Ever Happens to Ethan Fairmount by Nick Brooks, a self-proclaimed genius inventor stumbles across his ex-best friend, the new kid, and an extraterrestrial visitor in need of some serious repairs before they’re all found out. When an extraordinary flying theme park arrives above Atlanta, one boy must stop a sinister force from stealing […]
Tres autoras argentinas que vienen pisando fuerte en el mapa literario: Mariana Sández, narradora, periodista y ensayista, presenta Una casa llena de gente, relato que se sumerge en los espacios privados y comunes de un edificio y sus habitantes para reconstruir una memoria personal y colectiva. Periodista y escritora, Dolores Gil llega con Parte de […]
The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to recognize and promote excellence in contemporary poetry by ensuring the publication of five books of poetry annually through participating publishers. In addition, the National Poetry Series has partnered with Miami Book Fair to award the Paz Prize in Poetry, which ensures bilingual publication for a book […]
Translated from the Arabic and introduced by Fady Joudah, You Can Be the Last Leaf: Selected Poems draws on two decades of work to present the transcendent and timely US debut of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat. Art. Garlic. Taxis. Sleepy soldiers at checkpoints. The smell of trash on a winter street, before “our wild […]