A woman maps cultural expectations and desires onto her ailing body in Egana Djabbarova’s singular novel My Dreadful Body. Tackling one body part per chapter, this bildungsroman follows Egana, an Azerbaijani daughter, as she learns... Read More

Pencil and watercolor illustrations use scratchy lines and gelatinous drips to evoke the complex emotions addressed in this immersive picture book. Yuki has a terrible temper. During one flare of anger, she throws her keys down a... Read More

A Zambian woman is prosecuted for murder in Mubanga Kalimamukwento’s gripping novel "The Shipikisha Club". After shooting her husband in self-defense, Sali faces the public fervor of a trial. Her teenage daughter and two young sons... Read More

Photographer Virginia Mcgee Richards documentary text "The Inner Passage" shows how history altered a region and its people over centuries. The Inner Passage, introduced here as a series of canals and rivers along the coastline of South... Read More

Moving and humorous by turns, this picture book honors children’s relationships with, and the legacy of, grandparents. As the book travels through a diverse group of children, a kooky cast of grandparents emerges: a violinist grandma... Read More

A broken robot goes in search of its forgotten home in this thoughtful picture book about how nothing—and no one—is ever truly broken. In a futuristic world marred by the consequences of overconsumption, a decrepit robot wakes in a... Read More

Maya Jewell Zeller’s poetic memoir-in-essays addresses issues of privilege, poverty, immigration, cultural literacy, and the power of nature. The book centers Zeller’s life in the Pacific Northwest. “The Privilege Button”... Read More

Suffused with supreme empathy, M. Darusha Wehm’s "The Department of What It (Really) Means to Be Human" is a probing speculative novel about the seductive landscapes of one’s memories. In New Zealand in 2043, life is more equitable.... Read More