All Waiting Is Long
The much-anticipated sequel to Barbara J. Taylor’s best-selling debut novel, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night.
Catalog Tag: literary fiction
The Angels’ Share
A Jamaican father and his adult son travel across the island together in a touching and humorous novel that explores family reconciliation.
Creatures of Passage
With echoes of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Yejidé’s novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it.
The Five Books of (Robert) Moses
A dramatic, playful, brutal, sweeping, and always entertaining reimagining of New York City history, presaging today’s political tyranny.
Here Lies a Father
Fifteen-year-old Ian Daly’s moral universe is turned upside down when, at his father’s funeral, he discovers that his father had two secret families.
Knucklehead
A fierce, intelligent, and often hilarious novel about a young African American attorney who struggles to keep his cool in the personally and politically turbulent ’90s.
A Million Aunties
American-born artist Chris is forced to reconsider his conception of family during a visit to his mother’s Caribbean homeland.
Mouths Don’t Speak
A Haitian immigrant in the US tries to stay emotionally afloat after the 2010 Haitian earthquake rips her family apart.
Mr. Loverman
A groundbreaking, hilarious novel about two elder gay Caribbean men coming to terms with being closeted in a changing world.
The Narcissism of Small Differences
A hilarious and poignant novel about growing up, buying in, selling out, and the death of irony.
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Out of Mesopotamia
Informed by firsthand experience on the battlefronts of Iraq and Syria, Abdoh captures the horror, confusion, and absurdity of combat from a seldom-glimpsed perspective that expands our understanding of the war novel.
Polar Vortex
A novel reminiscent of the works of Herman Koch and Rachel Cusk, in which a lesbian couple attempts to escape the secrets of their pasts.
Prayer for the Living
Topical and timely, Booker Prize–winning author Ben Okri’s new collection of short stories blurs parallel realities and walks the line between darkness and magic.
Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night
A page-turning debut novel set in Scranton, Pennsylvania, during the height of coal mining, vaudeville, and evangelism.
Speculative Los Angeles
The debut title in a new city-based anthology series featuring all-new stories with speculative, sci-fi, and paranormal themes—each using distinct neighborhood settings as a launching pad.
*While supplies last, all paperback copies of Speculative Los Angeles purchased through our website will be SIGNED by all 14 contributors and editor Denise Hamilton!
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A Tall History of Sugar
A haunting, epic Caribbean love story, reminiscent of García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera.
The Third Mrs. Galway
Antislavery agitation is rocking Utica in 1835 when a young bride discovers an enslaved family hiding in her shed, setting in motion the exhumation of long-buried family secrets.
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Forthcoming Titles
Cosmogramma
Forthcoming: 11/2/21
An exquisite collection of speculative fiction stories depicting an alternate future as lived by the African diaspora.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before November 2, 2021.
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Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
Forthcoming: 1/4/22
In the early 1970s, César Alvarez enlists in the navy to escape a life of crime; while the decision saves him from the streets, it also lands him amid volatile racial tensions at a crucial moment in US history.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before January 4, 2022.
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A Tall History of Sugar (Paperback Edition)
Forthcoming: 1/4/22
A haunting, epic Caribbean love story, reminiscent of García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before January 4, 2022.
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