Black Marks
A powerful tale of a young woman’s quest to unearth her identity, lost between cultures and families.
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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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Upcoming Events
Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Tiny Raccoon Books (Sayville, NY)
11/14/26, 7:00pm
Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About, in conversation with Claire Jentsch.
Kira Tucker — A Room of One’s Own Bookstore (Madison, WI)
11/15/26, 5:30pm
Kira Tucker presents Wildest: Poems.
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Exclusive Chuck D Preorder
Now available for preorder: the latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D
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Exclusive David Duchovny Preorder Package
The new paperback edition of David Duchovny’s debut poetry collection, About Time, is now available for preorder.
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Exclusive Natasha Howard Preorder Package
Our exclusive preorder package for Natasha Howard’s new WNBA memoir is now available for preorder
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Gina Gershon’s preorder package for her new memoir AlphaPussy is now available!
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