…thoughts that cover the bookish, the bottled,
and beyond
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashi
Essays about growing up Brown and lesbian in West Virginia, and how that influenced Avashia's approach to living honestly in our current politically extremist landscape.
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Two of literary history's often overlooked characters, Lucy Westenra from Dracula and Bertha (Bee) Mason from Jane Eyre, team up to fight horrific misogyny, coercion, and abuse in this historical fiction horror novel set in late 1960s Hollywood and San Francisco.
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
The sequel to Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End that follows Valentino Prince and Orion Page as one of them goes through the first ever End Day
A Sentimental Education by Hannah McGregor
A meditative wordplay on feminism, storytelling, trauma, and empathy.
My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
This powerful debut of stories explores racism in Virginia, ending with the breathtaking dystopian novella My Monticello.
Becoming Abolitionists by Derecka Purnell (Copy)
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom by Derecka Purnell uses social theory, history, and personal stories bring to life how Purnell herself learned to embrace and champion the idea of abolition in this compelling, important read.