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THE MONSTER I AM TODAY
Leontyne Price and a Life in Verse
by Kevin Simmonds

“In the urgent spirit of those who have sought to unearth and celebrate the combined wealth of archived, preserved, and inherited histories of African American lives, Kevin Simmonds has produced an intimate, iconic, and wonderfully lyrical accounting of the life and art of Leontyne Price.” —Kwame Dawes

UNDER THE SPELL
A Novel
by Benjamin Hedin

“. . . Hedin exhibits a keen understanding of the ways grief leads to new possibilities as Sandra reexamines her life and marriage.” —Publishers Weekly 

“It’s impossible not to fall under the spell of this aptly titled novel . . . as the narrative taught me how to slow down (though it never loosens its grip), so I began to admire its richness and the subtlety of its lean but eloquent prose.” —James Wood, book critic, New Yorker

The Pleasure Marriage

by Tahar Ben Jelloun

“. . . is a bittersweet tale, the kind of philosophical fable Tahar Ben Jelloun knows how to construct so well . . . . an ode to this Africa of travel and biracial marriage, and also an ode to difference and respect for others.” —Leïla Slimani, author of In the Country of Others