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Traveling Freely
Traveling Freely, the debut essay collection from poet Roberto Carlos Garcia, explores intersecting topics such as race, identity, and socioeconomic inequality from a uniquely Black Dominican American view.
Here, Now
In this profoundly felt and humorous collection, Michelle Mirsky follows the first year in the wake of the loss of her three-year-old son, tackling extreme loss as well as divorce, friendship, dating, sex, and comedy.
Miss Southeast
A collection of narrative essays explores the search for belonging as a queer person and woman in the American South—and beyond.
The Time We Have
A candid and cathartic exploration of pandemic life, from family to pop culture to healthcare—and beyond
Sing by the Burying Ground
Meditations on life, literature, and curiosity amid the shadows
Growing Up Chicago
Series: Second to None: Chicago Stories
Growing Up Chicago is a collection of coming-of-age stories written by Chicagoland authors that reflects the diversity of the city and its metropolitan area. Primarily memoir, the book asks, What characterizes a Chicago author?
Once I Was Cool
Once I Was Cool contrasts past aspirations with the mess and magic of the present. Maturity is demanding, but its rewards are a gift.
The Monster I Am Today
Writer and musician Kevin Simmonds explores Leontyne Price as an icon, a diva, a woman, and a patriot—and himself as a fan, a budding singer, and a gay man—through passages that move polyphonically through Black identity, Black sound, Black sensibility, and Black history.
Act Like You're Having a Good Time
In this honest and tender collection of essays, award‑winning memoirist Michele Weldon asks what it means to be a mature woman seeking to secure a life of purpose and meaning through work, family and relationships.
Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry
National Book Award winner Nikky Finney’s fifth collection of poems articulates the Black American history into a new language of “docu-poetry.”
Traveling Freely
Traveling Freely, the debut essay collection from poet Roberto Carlos Garcia, explores intersecting topics such as race, identity, and socioeconomic inequality from a uniquely Black Dominican American view.
Here, Now
In this profoundly felt and humorous collection, Michelle Mirsky follows the first year in the wake of the loss of her three-year-old son, tackling extreme loss as well as divorce, friendship, dating, sex, and comedy.
Miss Southeast
A collection of narrative essays explores the search for belonging as a queer person and woman in the American South—and beyond.
The Time We Have
Sing by the Burying Ground
Growing Up Chicago
Series: Second to None: Chicago Stories
Once I Was Cool
The Monster I Am Today
Act Like You're Having a Good Time
In this honest and tender collection of essays, award‑winning memoirist Michele Weldon asks what it means to be a mature woman seeking to secure a life of purpose and meaning through work, family and relationships.
Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry
National Book Award winner Nikky Finney’s fifth collection of poems articulates the Black American history into a new language of “docu-poetry.”