There’s Always More to Say by Natalie Southworth
With her debut collection There’s Always More to Say, Natalie Southworth demonstrates that she not only understands the skills necessary to write powerful short stories, she has no shortage of them.
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Seven Heavens Away by Ashraf Zaghal
The novel is set in 2015-2016, a time when Israeli forces began restricting access to Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. Aziz, a young man at odds with his father, witnesses, alongside his friend Mustafa, the murder of their friend Hassan at the hands of an Israeli soldier.
The Beauty and the Hell of It & Other Stories by Lynda Williams
Life is wonderful and challenging, complicated and hard. That much you might easily take away from the title of Lynda Williams’s debut short story collection, The Beauty and the Hell of It.
We, the Kindling by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Okot Bitek’s writing is unapologetic as she reckons with the legacy of the Lord’s Resistance Army: a militant group that abducted tens of thousands of children to serve in its ranks between the late 1990s and early 2000s.
The Last to the Party by Chuqiao Yang
The five sections of selections that make up her debut explore the connections we make along our journey and how they continue to affect us long after they become memories.
Scientific Marvel by Chimwemwe Undi
Chimwemwe Undi’s first poetry collection, Scientific Marvel, examines common experiences and elevates them with a musical quality that moves.
Coco Collins, Sorry About the Fire
Colleen Coco Collins features an alphabetical array in her debut collection of poetry: Sorry About the Fire, a singeing apologia of inventive sound and sensuousness.
Nothing in Truth Can Harm Us by Colleen René
The debut novel Nothing in Truth Can Harm Us from author Colleen René is a wonderful work in balancing tension and intrigue with the complexity of compassion.
Smoked Frames by S. Rupsha Mitra: Ecstatic Reflections
At 40 pages, Smoked Frames is a slim debut book of poetry written over the coarse of 4 years.
