‘Captain of Industry’ by Karin Kallmaker
Captain of Industry is subtle and engaging, a Kallmaker love story with the kind of angst to which we can probably all relate
‘The Cosmopolitans’ by Sarah Schulman
Sarah Schulman has given us a finely tuned, clever, and remarkably contemporary historical novel
‘We Love You, Charlie Freeman’ by Kaitlyn Greenidge
That the novel is able to combine ASL culture, race, ambition, family, love, politics, and history is a marvel not to be missed
‘Juliana’ by Vanda
Juliana illustrates a poignant message: to be queer was to be anti-American, in a time where being anti-American meant isolation and ruination
‘Backcast’ by Ann McMan
Backcast is a memorable story about the unbreakable strength and resilience of women
‘Hurricane Days’ by Renée J. Lukas
Hurricane Days is a romantic and gut-wrenching political drama
‘The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghost’ by Tiya Miles
Historians reveal uncomfortable truths and novelists force us to look at them. Perhaps The Cherokee Rose is a nod in support of the New South that recognizes its multicultural past, present, and future.
‘Carry the Sky’ by Kate Gray
Kate Gray has written a stunning book, a blazingly necessary work of fiction for a wounded world.
‘Damn Love’ by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara
The nine connected stories of Damn
