Beyond the Glittering WorldEdited by Stacie Denetsosie, Kinsale Drake, and Darcie Little Badger. Torrey House, $18.95 trade paper (240p) ISBN 979-8-89092-030-0
This beautiful anthology of poetry and prose by contemporary Native American writers includes traditional motifs along with works of stark feminism and hopeful futurism. The poem “The Rhythm of Becoming” by Dominique Daye Hunter evokes the cadence of oral storytelling (one quatrain begins, “Ni:ska l... Continue reading »
Silent BonesVal McDermid. Atlantic Crime, $28 (448p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6439-1
McDermid is at the top of her game in the masterful latest installment of her DCI Karen Pirie series (after Past Lying). When human remains are discovered in a collapsed section of Scotland’s M73 highway, Karen calls on detective sergeants Daisy Mortimer and Jason “The Mint” Murray to inves... Continue reading »
Lies Weeping: Vol. 1 of the Black Company Saga: A Pitiless Rain or, the Orphans’ TaleGlen Cook. Tor, $29.95 (384p) ISBN 978-1-250-39799-7
After 25 years, Cook returns to the grim world of his cult classic Chronicles of the Black Company series (last visited in Soldiers Live) with an exhilarating spin-off launch. The focus is on the next generation of an elite group of mercenaries that doubles as “a sad, constantly squabbling,... Continue reading »
House of RayneHarley Laroux. Kensington, $32 (496p) ISBN 978-1-4967-5683-1
Bestseller Laroux (Her Soul for Revenge) is out for blood in this visceral and deliciously dark gothic romance set against the moody backdrop of the Pacific Northwest. Salem spends what was supposed to have been her wedding night in a dive bar hooking up with Rayne, a gorgeous, secretive st... Continue reading »
The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of GriefCarol Tyler. Fantagraphics, $39.99 (232p) ISBN 979-8-8750-0143-7
In this intricate, wildly inventive graphic memoir from Eisner nominee Tyler (Soldier’s Heart), grief is a physical place populated by odd but helpful guides. Carol is hit by an “anvil of sorrow” when her mother, sister, and multiple friends die in quick succession, and she enters a “long r... Continue reading »
Death of the First IdeaRickey Laurentiis. Knopf, $27 (160p) ISBN 978-0-593-80270-0
Laurentiis’s visionary sophomore outing (after Boy with Thorn) showcases her incredible lyric range and incisive commentary. At its core, the collection charts a 10-year period from 2015 to 2025 chronicling the speaker’s gender transition; along the way, the poems address the speaker’s poli... Continue reading »
The Long March HomeMarcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee. Revell, $26.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-8007-4275-1
In this tour de force from Brotherton (A Bright and Blinding Sun) and Lee (A Single Light), four friends’ lives change irrevocably when America becomes embroiled in WWII. In 1930s Mobile, Ala., preacher’s son Jimmy Propfield shares an idyllic upbringing with childhood sweetheart Cl... Continue reading »
A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize LiteratureAdam Morgan. One Signal, $29 (288p) ISBN 978-1-6680-5364-5
Morgan, founder of the Chicago Review of Books, debuts with a comprehensive biography of Margaret C. Anderson (1886–1973), founder of the early-20th-century avant-garde magazine The Little Review. Following her privileged upbringing in Indiana, Anderson’s drive for “self-expression... Continue reading »
Sally’s Baking 101: Foolproof Recipes from Easy to AdvancedSally McKenney. Clarkson Potter, $32.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-593-58196-4
Sally’s Baking Addiction blogger McKenney debuts with a mouthwatering compendium of new and “fan favorite” recipes. A thorough introduction covers ingredients, tools, and handy tips, including the best methods for melting chocolate and measuring dry ingredients. Cookies range from the class... Continue reading »
Beard: A Memoir of a MarriageKelly Foster Lundquist. Eerdmans, $28.99 (250p) ISBN 978-0-80288-473-2
Lundquist, an English professor at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota, debuts with a wrenching account of the breakup of her marriage to a gay man. Lundquist met her future husband in the late 1990s at a Christian camp, where the two bonded over their love of TV soaps and off-kilter humor... Continue reading »
Popo the XoloPaloma Angelina Lopez, illus. by Abraham Matias. Charlesbridge, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-6235-4457-7
An accompanied journey ends in rest and remembrance in Lopez’s arresting debut, which, in English and Spanish, blends Indigenous Mexican myth with a story of loss. Popo, Nana’s tiny Xoloitzcuintle, “is the best apapachador, always looking for cuddles,” which the two share during evenings in front of... Continue reading »
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