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The book 'Outdrawn' on an iPhone sitting on a bamboo table surrounded by colored pencils and ceramic sheep

Outdrawn by Deanna Grey

Outdrawn saved me from a month of mediocre romance novels.

Mornings in Jenin making me feel all the feelings

Mornings in Jenin

Mornings in Jenin is a multigenerational, literary fiction novel that at times reads like a biography.

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April New Diverse Reads

New, diverse speculative fiction reads coming out in April.

Five book covers are lined side by side

March New Releases

Upcoming science fiction and fantasy books by diverse authors coming out in March.

Free Palestine and a Palestinian flag drawn on paper

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli - blowing my mind with prose

Content warnings: rape of a child, murder of a child, war, sexual assault of a child This review contains spoilers. I read Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, and it’s been a long time since I’ve read something I want to pull apart word by word. It took her

graffiti of Love is Love

Historical Fantasy

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas - Pretty Prose, Frustrating Romance

Romance is not my genre. I’ve dabbled occasionally, but it never stuck as a lasting preference. I like a smattering of romance as a side note amongst larger plot points, and I prefer it stays minor. I was intrigued by Isabel Cañas’ Vampires of El Norte after hearing it

Shigidi by Wole Talabi on a bamboo table with two lamb figurines on either side and an air plant.

Writing Description with Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi

Blending Religious Traditions in a Cross Genre Fantasy I’ve grown tired of Greek and Roman reimaginings. We’ve had so many, and the stories are shades of each other. I’m enjoying new worlds and gods, or worlds and gods who are new to me. I’ve read a

The Dishchii' Bikoh Apache Crowndancers Performing at the Creative Nations Indigenous Arts Market

Studying Short Forms with The Black God’s Drum by P. Djèlí Clark

P. Djèlí Clark is one of my favorite writers. I fell in love with his short story Ring Shout when it surprised the pants off me in the first few pages, turning my impending dread into pure delight. Then I read A Master of Djinn and my admiration for his