Offended SensibilitiesAlisa Ganieva, trans. from the Russian by Carol Apollonio. Deep Vellum, $16.95 trade paper (252p) ISBN 978-1-64605-223-3
No one is innocent or spared in Ganieva’s splendid and gripping tale of Russian corruption and control (after Bride & Groom). Andrei Ivanovich Lyamzin, the regional minister of economic development in his provincial town, flags down a man named Nikolai for a ride, too paranoid to take an Ub... Continue reading »
A Mother Would KnowAmber Garza. Mira, $17.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-7783-8648-3
Widow Valerie Jacobs, the narrator of this propulsive thriller from Garza (Where I Left Her), regrets her sometimes careless parenting back when she was part of a popular band and her son, Hudson, and her daughter, Kendra, were young. That Valerie’s memory begins to fail in her 50s recalls ... Continue reading »
The TerraformersAnnalee Newitz. Tor, $28.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-22801-7
Newitz (The Future of Another Timeline) performs a staggering feat of revolutionary imagination in this hopeful space-opera built from three interconnected novellas. “Settlers” opens on Destry Thomas, a ranger with the Environmental Rescue Team on corporate-owned planet Sasky, as she stumbl... Continue reading »
Radiant SinKatee Robert. Sourcebooks Casablanca, $16.99 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-1-72825-700-6
The sizzling fourth romance in Robert’s Dark Olympus series (after Wicked Beauty) rewards readers with another high-heat adaptation of Greek myth. Cassandra Gataki and her younger sister, Alexandra, have been treated as outcasts ever since their late parents attempted a coup against the Thi... Continue reading »
Geneviève Castrée: Complete Works, 1981-2016Geneviève Castrée, edited by Phil Elverum, trans. from the French by Phil Elverum and Aleshia Jensen. Drawn & Quarterly, $99.95 (562p) ISBN 978-1-77046-618-0
This lovingly produced comprehensive collection does justice to Castrée, a bold and brilliant talent who died of pancreatic cancer at age 35. Castrée got her start as a cartoonist through making minicomics in the Canadian zine scene of the 1990s, then moved on to indie comics, album art, and graphic... Continue reading »
[To] the Last [Be] HumanJorie Graham. Copper Canyon, $22 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-1-55659-660-5
Collecting Graham’s four stellar eco-poetic volumes, this searing and sensitive portrait of environmental contingency is as formally ambitious as it is captivating and wise. As Robert Macfarlane aptly writes in his beautiful introduction, the task of these poems is one “of record as well as of warni... Continue reading »
The Sisters of Sea ViewJulie Klassen. Bethany House, $17.99 trade paper (448p) ISBN 978-0-7642-3426-2
Jane Austen fans will delight in this nimble series launch from Klassen (Shadows of Swanford Abbey). In 1819, the four Summers sisters face reduced circumstances after their father’s untimely death, and they move into a seaside home in Sidmouth, England. Their mother is ill and the family i... Continue reading »
Our Man in Tokyo: An American Ambassador and the Countdown to Pearl HarborSteve Kemper. Mariner, $29.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-358-06474-9
The high stakes of international diplomacy are revealed in this captivating history from journalist Kemper (A Splendid Savage). Appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan in 1932, Joseph Grew spent nearly a decade in a doomed effort to maintain peace between the two nations. Following the invasion ... Continue reading »
Satisfying Stitches: Learn Simple Embroidery Techniques and Embrace the Joys of Stitching by HandHope Brasfield. Quarry, $24.99 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-0-7603-7770-3
Embroidery is a breeze in this stellar debut from designer Brasfield. Suggesting that the craft can go a long way in combatting day-to-day stress, Brasfield notes that “embroidery taught me that it’s okay to be imperfect, that it can be healthy to move onto something new, and that it’s okay if I’m s... Continue reading »
How to Begin When Your World Is Ending: A Spiritual Field Guide to Joy Despite EverythingMolly Phinney Baskette. Broadleaf, $26.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-5064-8160-9
Pastor Baskette (Bless This Mess) delivers a sincere and funny guide to surviving hardships. She weaves stories of people she’s met through her ministry with anecdotes about her treatment and recovery from cancer, recounting her struggle to care for her two young children and pastor her chu... Continue reading »
H Is for HarlemDinah Johnson, illus. by April Harrison. Little, Brown/Ottaviano, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-316-32237-9
From “A is for Apollo Theater” to “Z is for Zora Neale Hurston,” this jam-packed abecedarian tribute to the famed New York neighborhood highlights significant persons and locations of its storied history and present day. “D is for Dance Theater of Harlem” recounts the creation of Arthur Mitchell’s s... Continue reading »
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