“Cause when people don’t know something happenin or that there’s a type a person that’s out there in the world, they think it don’t exist, an it suffers.” – James […]
11 Slim Books by AAPI Authors That Contain More Than Their Page Count Would Suggest
“Some days I wear rubber gloves / Preparing food for a church potluck / And looking down at my hands in gloves / I think why do men murder” – […]
7 Poetic (Auto)Biographies You Should Read
“In the beginning, no one was around.” – Zachary Schomburg, “1977” Before we start, I gotta come clean: even though this is a genre I really really like, I’m not […]
11 Poetry & Short Story Collections By Women You Should Read
“I will call you man / man man man man / it is a recipe / it is not expensive” – Heather Christle, “YOU ARE MY GUEST” I somewhat want […]
11 Poetry Collections By Black Authors That You Should Read
“How are you going to force white critics to learn enough about us? Most of them have no interest in us or in our work. So how are you going […]
12 (Or So) Books I’m Stoked To Read In 2026
“Bro, you ain’t the only one who picks up the newspaper, knows where the library is, likes the big humbug in Beowulf, moving out on Grendel and whatnot, or fighting […]
11 Chicago Books You Should Read
“I say I’m from Chicago and / folks get excited. I mean, they / light up like they got gossip to tell.” – Taylor Byas, “You from ‘Chi-raq?’” First off, […]
11 Monster Books You Should Read
“If you’re not a beautiful monster, then you’re a villager.” – Stephen Graham Jones, ‘Mongrels’ Not sure what’s come over me, but the urge has struck me to write some […]