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The Gospel According to Cane

After her infant son is kidnapped, Beverley Cottrell’s marriage fails. Years later, could a mysterious, lurking young man be her long-lost son?

So Much Things to Say: 100 Poets from the First Ten Years of the Calabash International Literary Festival

Robert Pinsky and Derek Walcott anchor this groundbreaking, soulful poetry collection.

Eight New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set

This nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of eight African poets.

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Upcoming Events

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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