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Drifting

This mesmerizing, lyrical debut explores the lives of Haitian families aspiring to escape hardship and an earthquake’s devastation.

Cosmogramma

A dark and incisive collection of speculative short stories set in an alternate future of interstellar space travel, robots, mythical creatures, and the uncanny.

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Ricardo Cortés “My First Five Books” Bundle

For a limited time, purchase the “My First Five Books” Ricardo Cortés bundle—Go the Fuck to Sleep, It’s Just a Plant, Party: A Mystery, Sea Creatures from the Sky, and A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola—for 30% off list price.

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Meryl Branch-McTiernan — The Book Cellar (Chicago, IL)

6/30/26, 6:30pm

Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About, in conversation with Destri Martino.

Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Unnameable Books (Brooklyn, NY)

7/8/26, 7:00pm

Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About; also reading Maisy Card; moderated by Ledia Xhoga

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