COMING 4/8/2025
“... A poignant tale of grief, family, forgiveness, and the monsters from childhood we struggle to outgrow. Cheney-Coker is an author to watch.”
coming 2/18/2025
“...a stunningly well-crafted story, and a debut novel to celebrate!”
“A masterful storyteller, both honest and hopeful.”
“…Pitch-perfect, realistic capture of urban domestic life in our time, it adds a dose of gaslighting drama that would put Les Diaboliques to shame.”
“Hot Dish Confidential chronicles an author’s journey to becoming a gourmand with the help of his friends and poison control.”
“Named one of 12 climate books to bring with you on summer vacation”
“...Twisted redemption story perfectly mirrors the well-earned cynicism of our times. Highly recommended.
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“... both real and imagined, a place mythical in its beauty, desolate and haunting.”
“…a magnificent collection of poems, essays, short stories, and brilliant illustrations from his enormous body of work…”
“[The reader] is immersed in the stories and lives of its characters by Akyürek’s masterful story telling ... which makes the stories pure joy to read.”
“Emil DeAndreis has gifted readers with a wonderful meditation on what it means to be imperfect, starring the ideal poster child: San Francisco.”
“A wildly creative new novel, the absolute perfect chord of magic, a wifely ghost, a bit of shamanism ... all set against the backdrop of a Greenwich Village blues club.”
“Head back to Providence circa 1967 for a gripping exploration of the lives of three adults struggling with questions of who they are and who they’re meant to be.”
“The novel’s powerful exploration of repression, sexuality, trauma, and identity is uncomfortable, tragic, messy, and real. ”
“In ‘What the Moon Did,’ decades pass, characters grow up and grow old—and some die—while secrets inch closer and closer to revelation.”
“A masterpiece of literary fiction by an author with a genuine flair for a truly engaging originality...”
“...Elisa Sinnett has summoned a glittering darkness, bleak, beautiful, mesmerizing and utterly unforgettable.”
“...Joanna Acevedo is an unflinching portraitist with a wicked sense of humor.”
Award winning stories from the immigrant experience
Oromo Witness is the story of one man’s journey from fighting for freedom in Ethiopia, to prison in Somalia, to a refugee camp, and finally to St. Paul, Minnesota.
A truly American tale.
To make a new life in America, a woman must first make history. This is her story.
Anthologies with a cause
In this collection of Minnesota-focused short stories, memoir, and poetry, 28 authors explore hope and loss, promises kept and promises broken in their own personal search for home.
Lake Street cuts across Minneapolis from west to east, from the urbane to the urban to the blue-collar.
Short stories, poetry, and essays from 22 people under 22 that asks:
What worries you?
What angers you or delights you?
In other words, what’s on your mind?