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“An utter delight from start to finish.” –Terah Shelton Harris, author of One Summer in Savannah, for Sisters with a Side of Greens A heartwarming small-town tale of rediscovering joy in unexpected places. Starting over isn’t easy, but sometimes it’s exactly what we need. Newly...

Liz Tucker's childhood was ruled by the stars. Every morning, her mother read the horoscope page. When the prediction was positive, all was good. But God help them if the planets were out of alignment. Now a successful producer in an LA public relations firm, Liz has escaped those arbitrary forecasts, but her mother's stroke takes her back to her stepfather's beautiful Atlanta house, a place she could never bring herself to call home.

No town is perfect, but East Cobb comes close. It's a wealthy all-Black Free Town—untouched by white oppression—where ambitious Thea Elliot and her husband plan to make good on their big dreams. Little do they know that the idyllic town teems with ghoulish, walking nightmares...that only the women can see.

Songs from Fern’s Pond is a collage of poetry, letters, and prose that captures the universal resilience of the human spirit through the humor and courage of a woman who fearlessly pursued the life she dreamed of. A duet of text between mother and daughter, it’s a transcendent vision of the rough, wild, and beautiful landscape of the heart—and a reminder that every chapter is worth living to its fullest.

Naomi is surgically transplanted, giving her extraordinary powers of foresight and physical strength. Hearing street conversation and government instructions in her Logoharp, a universal translator of 104 human languages, she predicts future political events with deadly precision.

Boundless is more than a book - it's a transformative adventure. Through whimsical rhymes and insightful reflections, the book offers an enlightening roadmap for navigating life's ups and downs with courage and clarity. During a time of global uncertainty, Kathy's wisdom and the Noisy Spirits' boundless energy inspire you to shift your perspective, rediscover purpose, and embrace challenges with an open heart.

In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War/Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic masculinity, domestic abuse, and (trans)gender discrimination but also the alternative communities they form that offer solidarity and hope. Listeners will celebrate this unflinching but heartfelt look at diverse immigrant experiences in the twenty-first century United States.

With clear-eyed observations and gentle musicality, Allen takes stock of the burden of our collective history and looks directly into passing storms that we each must face alone. When the skies clear, how do we come to terms with self and our place in this world, and what do we build from the wreckage?

Rolson McKane thought his crime-solving days ended the night he lost his badge in a drunken accident. But when he discovers the body of a young Black man near his property—and the dead man visits Rolson in his dreams—he realizes this case is personal. As Rolson digs deeper, he collides with a corrupt police force, a ruthless local politician, and a town determined to bury the truth, not just with this case, but with something that happened decades ago. Every step pulls him into a darkness he may not be able to escape.

Told through a mix of true stories and new fiction, Dear Orchid opens the heart in unexpected ways: through loss and love, silence and recovery, and the hard-won resilience of people who don’t always fit the mold. With tenderness and heart, Dear Orchid is an Asian American author's homage to Mary-Louise Parker’s Dear Mr. You, through letters to a girl newly freed from East Berlin, an aunt lost to Communist-era borders, and Purple Heart-decorated heroes. These intimate portraits explore the messy beauty of friendship, family, disability, and belonging.

Joseph Fasano’s The Last Song of the World delves into the chaos of the modern world, and searches for resilience in the face of environmental and societal devastation. Dripping with images of ancient ruins and mythological figures, these poems serve as vignettes of fatherhood, love, and desire against the backdrop of apocalyptic events.

Through Birddog’s tender yet unflinching voice, we witness the harsh beauty of rural America: a world of broken promises, family secrets, and unexpected moments of grace. Both devastating and redemptive, this story lingers long after the last word is spoken.

From the psych ward to flight deck, from whispered goodbyes to quiet strength, I Remember You is a raw and unflinching book of poetry and prose by Navy veteran Patrick J. Hughes. Seamed from the unvarnished material of trauma, healing, fatherhood, friendship, and mental illness, these poems will find an echo within anyone who's ever stood in a doorway and wondered how to move forward. With a raw honesty and with unexpected graciousness, Hughes charts life after conflict, the unseen scars of depression and PTSD, and the lifelines of salvation that bind us when we are breaking.

Divided into four sections and mixing poetry with lyric essay, Animal Histories explores the origin, acquisition, and development of poetic language. Contrasting poetic language from language used for communication, the book posits that poetry is maternal, learned in utero by listening to the cadences and rhythms of the mother’s speech (the “mother tongue”) while communicative language is paternal, shaped by power structures that are often patriarchal (the “father tongue”).

Most Anticipated Book of 2026: People "Take What You Can is so brilliantly, unbelievably good I have a burning in my heart.... Love is utterly bewildering, and nobody writes about it better than Naima Coster."—Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Sandwich From the New York...

SURE STRENGTH is a powerful and deeply moving collection of poetry that delves into themes of loss, resilience, and divine restoration. Through raw emotion and vivid imagery, the poet captures the pain of abandonment and the silent cries of the fatherless and motherless, yet offers a message of unwavering hope. Each verse unfolds like a journey—one that moves from sorrow to healing, from brokenness to wholeness. Rooted in faith, SURE STRENGTH reminds listeners that even in our most vulnerable moments, God’s grace and love are the tools that rebuild us, making us strong once again.

A powerful novel by Eugenia Price, Don Juan McQueen tells the story of John McQueen, an American patriot and friend of Washington and Jefferson, who finds himself bankrupt and forced to flee to Spanish East Florida to escape imprisonment. Anne, his beautiful wife, and children remain in Savannah, Georgia, as he obtains a new identity—Don Juan McQueen, confidante to the Spanish governor. The more he adapts to his new home, the more quickly he falls from the graces of Anne, and their children are trapped between them.

The Pulitzer Prize winner’s final written work: poems of penetrating acceptance and humor, whose soul-sweeping gaze encompasses his own autobiography and the broken world he nonetheless gives thanks for “His hands strip poetry to its nub.” —Los Angeles Times “Reading [Wright] is like...

AN EVIL FORCE IS FEASTING ON DESIRE... Evelyn Kendricks is having a day. An overworked manager, she’s been dumped by her toxic boyfriend while struggling to cope with the recent ghost invasion that’s shocked the world. Devastated, she is mysteriously summoned to an eerie townhouse where she...

A spoken-word poetry collection: An ancient spell from a distant time, One hundred poems and you’ll be mine. So if you do not want me for all time, don’t listen to the poem after ninety-nine. Step into a world where words weave magic, and emotions ignite like flames. *An Ancient Spell from a Distant Time* is a spellbinding collection of passionate love poems that speak to the deepest corners of the heart. Each verse, revealed to a mere mortal, carries the power to awaken forgotten feelings, inspire yearning, and captivate the soul.