These books explore varied themes but are connected by a common thread of human experience and rich storytelling.
THE WORLD AFTER RAIN
BY CANISIA LUBRIN
Award-winning writer Canisia Lubrin’s astonishing elegy to her mother moves between past and present, private and public. This is poetry of uncanny resonance and gravity, with reflections on love, time and loss that are both introspective and painstakingly far-sighted.
@canisia.lubrin
YOU WILL NOT KILL OUR IMAGINATION
BY SAEED TEEBI
A brave memoir about the Palestinian diaspora with themes of identity, belonging and homeland, addressing the impact of genocide on the minds and imaginations of Palestinians and humanity in general. An incredible work of resistance, a harsh critique of international cooperation in violent times.
www.teebi.com
SUDDENLY LIGHT
BY NINA DUNIC
From Nina Dunic, the Trillium Book Award–winning author of The Clarion, this short collection includes 15 personal and profoundly realistic stories with moments of strong illumination and fleeting connection with a quiet sadness running through them, highlighting the theme that life with all its strangeness goes on.
www.ninadunic.com
THE LITTLE ITALIAN HOTEL
BY PHAEDRA PATRICK
A contemporary novel set in an Italian hotel about second chances and enjoying little pleasures with strangers.
www.phaedra-patrick.com
MOTHERCLOWN
BY HARRIET ALIDA LYE
This highly acclaimed coming-of-age story explores the relationship between a mother and daughter with themes around sexuality, envy, and grief.
www.harrietalida.com
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY
BY MORGAN HOUSEL
This award-winning author’s 19 short stories illustrate a variety of perspectives on money, giving readers different ways to understand one of life’s most important subjects.
www.morganhousel.com
