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Spenser Smith: A Brief Relief from Hunger

A poetry collection about the yearnings of a young man—cocaine, human connection, fast food—and the ravenous world in which he lives.

Alexander Formos: Eurydice in Love

Eurydice in Love is the modern retelling of an ancient star-crossed love story between Mary Magdalene and her beloved savior as they embark on a journey to heal the wounds of humanity through magic, poetry, devotion, and love.

Sarah Suk: The Space between Here & Now

From acclaimed author Sarah Suk comes an aching, powerful exploration of memory, grief, and the painful silences we must overcome to discover our truest selves.

Julianne Harvey: Jamesy Harper’s Big Break

This heartfelt contemporary comedic YA novel explores themes of identity, family, competition, jealousy, and how challenging it can be to pursue your big dream when those you love don’t understand why it’s so important to you.

Clara Kumagai: Catfish Rolling

A debut young adult coming-of-age book with magic realism elements, Catfish Rolling is perfect for fans of Studio Ghibli films and Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap.

Emily Pohl-Weary: How To Be Found

A young adult novel about inner-city teens who live on a razor’s edge and understand that chosen family is just as important as blood.

Bradley Peters: Sonnets from a Cell

The poems in Bradley Peters’ debut Sonnets from a Cell mix inmate speech, prison psychology, skateboard slang and contemporary lyricism in a way that is tough and tender, that is accountable both to Peters’ own days “caught between the past and nothing” and to the structures that sentence so many “to lose.”