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On the Way Back

Kobbé’s hilarious social novel centers on a comically failed business venture on the island of Anguilla, brilliantly echoing A Confederacy of Dunces and Herman Wouk’s Don’t Stop the Carnival.

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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Conduit

Chris Abani’s acclaimed Black Goat series presents the debut collection from one of America’s most promising young poets.

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Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA)

6/11/26, 7:00pm

Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About, in conversation with Kurtlan Massarsky.

Jesse Malin — Rock ‘n’ Roll Book Club (London, UK)

6/14/26, 2:00pm

Jesse Malin presents Almost Grown, in conversation with Allan Jones.

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