Cookbook authors are sharing a closer look at their pantries, their cultures, and their kitchens, detailing their methods and offering mesmerizing stories that foster laughter and empathy.
By Ron Block Paola Velez’s debut cookbook combines the flavors of her childhood and heritage and reinterprets them through her experience as a professional chef specializing in the pastry arts.
Falling in love? Scary. Falling for your best friend? Terrifying. Naming all the ways your heart hurts? Impossible. College is a time to find yourself, but what could you stand to lose along the way? Lessons of the heart abound in this queer debut graphic novel from Ren Strapp.
Edited by Zinga A. Fraser, Shirley Chisholm in Her Own Words gives readers the opportunity to engage with the congresswoman's powerful ideas in her own voice. This long-overdue treatment of her work establishes Chisholm as an unparalleled public intellectual and Black feminist both in her time and now.
Laura Dave is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Last Thing He Told Me and Eight Hundred Grapes. Her novels have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and six of them, including The Night We Lost Him, have been optioned for film and television.
By LJ Reviews These books celebrate the diverse contributions and experiences of Latine people and include literary fiction, short stories, memoirs, and poetry.
Indie presses have more latitude to take on titles about a vast array of boundary-pushing subjects or narrow their focus to a single niche genre. The publishers we spoke with this month exemplify the diversity in the indie ecosystem.
By Laura Hiatt Fantasy fans and steampunk enthusiasts will enjoy Glover’s astounding, creatively envisioned Prohibition-era United States, where magical and historical events intertwine in a thrilling plot full of adventurous characters.
By Alicia Ahlvers, Julie Graham, Joy Gunn, and Kimberly McGee The Life Impossible by Matt Haig is the top holds title of the week. LibraryReads and Library Journal offer read-alikes by Sara Nisha Adams, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, and Rebecca Serle for patrons waiting to read this buzziest book.
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