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A Master of Djinn
Tor Books

A Master of Djinn

P. Djeli Clark

A Cairo-set fantasy detective novel in which Fatma el-Sha'arawi investigates a murder tied to the possible return of al-Jahiz, against a backdrop of magic, bureaucracy, and unrest.

The Renunciations: Poems
Graywolf Pr

The Renunciations: Poems

Donika Kelly

This poetry collection follows trauma, memory, and the long work of self-recovery. It rebuilds a life from painful inheritance through language that is intimate and unsparing.

On the Trapline
Tundra Books

On the Trapline

David A. Robertson, Julie Flett

A picture book about a boy and his grandfather visiting a trapline, where memory, land, and intergenerational connection come together.

Arsenic and Adobo (A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery)
Penguin Publishing Group

Arsenic and Adobo (A Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery)

Mia P. Manansala

When Lila Macapagal returns home after a breakup, she has to help save her aunt’s failing restaurant. After a food critic drops dead, Lila becomes the prime suspect and must investigate the murder herself with help from her family and neighbors.

The Junta of Happenstance
Anstruther Books

The Junta of Happenstance

Tolu Oloruntoba

The Junta of Happenstance is a debut poetry collection that threads politics, migration, and chance through fragmentary imagery. With quiet anger and irony, it makes contemporary unease sharply visible.

The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature
Univ of Arizona Pr

The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature

Esther G. Belin, Jeff Berglund, Connie A. Jacobs, Anthony K. Webster, Sherwin Bitsui

2022 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award Winner The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature is unprecedented. It showcases the breadth, depth, and diversity of Diné creative artists and their poetry, fiction, and nonfiction prose.This wide-ranging anthology brings together writers who offer perspectives that span generations and perspectives on life and Diné history.

Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music
Faber & Faber

Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music

Amit Chaudhuri

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE** By turns essay, memoir and cultural study, Finding the Raga is Amit Chaudhuri's singular account of his discovery of, and enduring passion for, North Indian music: an ancient, evolving tradition whose principles and practices will alter the reader's notion of what music might - and can - be. Tracing the music's development, Finding the Raga dwells on its most distinctive and mysterious characteristics: its extraordinary approach to time, language and silence; its embrace of confoundment, and its ethos of evocation over representation. The result is a strange gift of a book, for musicians and music lovers, and for any creative mind in search of diverse and transforming inspiration. 'Supple, intricate and uncompromising, full of delicate observation and insight, Amit Chaudhuri's Finding the Raga immerses us in the rigorous beauty and cosmology of Indian classical music. It is also a loving memoir about relationships and places, dedication and vocation.' Geoff Dyer

Sho
Wave Books

Sho

Douglas Kearney

Sho is an experimental poetry collection that uses Black vernacular, sonic repetition, and visual page design. It foregrounds bodily sensation and linguistic leaps, pushing poetry toward performance.