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Andrea Coke Reflects on Family, Culture, and Belonging in I AM CARIBBEAN

Author and Speech-Language Pathologist Andrea Coke knows that identity is rarely a simple story. In her memoir I Am Caribbean (Saunders Book Company/Beech Street Books) she reflects on family, culture, ...

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Blaine Thornton on Writing Survival, Healing, and Home in the New Poetry Collection, HERE'S TO LETTING GO

Finding safety is rarely a straight path. Here's to Letting Go (Latitude 46 Publishing) follows one young person's search for belonging through unstable housing, temporary shelters, and the quiet determination ...

August 07, 2026

Kevin Jagernauth on Reimagining Noir in THE LONGEST DEATH

A small-town bank job is just the beginning of the story in The Longest Death (House of Anansi Press), a new work of noir full with longing, ambition, and the dangerous hope that one perfect score can ...

August 06, 2026

Simon Casaubon on Writing I AM QUEER to Help Young People Feel Seen

Personal stories can open the door to much larger conversations. In I Am Queer, (Beech Street Books/Saunders Book Company) author Simon Casaubon shares his own experiences while introducing young readers ...

August 02, 2026

Dustin Galer Investigates Responsibility, Disability, and the Human Cost of Systemic Failure in BLAME

The death of one man becomes the starting point of a much larger investigation in Blame: Death, Disability, and the Search for Justice for Guy Mitchell (ECW Press), a work of narrative nonfiction that ...

July 30, 2026