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What Water Knows
by Jacqueline Jones LaMon
“Such a vibrant and beautiful book. I truly read it with my heart in my throat.” —Jacqueline Woodson
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
Queer Tidalectics: Linguistic and Sexual Fluidity in Contemporary Black Diasporic Literature
by Emilio Amideo
“. . . an ambitious synthesis of contemporary theories of diaspora, Black queer studies, and postcolonial eco-criticism, as well as affect theory.” —Samantha Pinto, author of Difficult Diasporas
”. . . a strong, compelling achievement.” —Kevin Quashie, author of The Sovereignty of Quiet
The History of Intimacy
by Gabeba Baderoon
“Baderoon’s poetry . . . uses a gentle eye to consider all that is intimate between us, and in doing so, renders these quiet and still moments as sacred.” —Toni Giselle Stuart, The Johannesburg Review of Books
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