
Youth In All Its Miseducation & Consequence – Fiction
Brandon Hobson’s The Devil Is a Southpaw: A Novel is a haunting novel of obsession, pride, and forgiveness. Told through Milton’s darkly comic – and

Three Masters Of Horror – Fiction
In Quan Barry’s The Unveiling, Black film scout Striker photographs locations for a big-budget film, only to become stranded with wealthy tourists after a kayaking

Fathers & Sons: Stories Of Resilience, Survival & Love – Nonfiction
In Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith, and Finding Meaning in America, Aymann Ismail shares his journey as the son of Egyptian immigrants, coming of age as

Spotlight On Sports History – Nonfiction
In The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay, Christopher Clarey illuminates the skill and determination it took to accomplish Rafael Nadal’s most mind-blowing

Julio Capó Jr.
JULIO CAPÓ JR. is a history professor at Florida International University, author of Welcome to Fairyland: Queer Miami Before 1940, and curator of several exhibitions,

“DEATH IS JUST ANOTHER OBSTACLE” – YA FANTASY
S.K. ALI’s Fledgling: The Keeper’s Records of Revolution explores what an Upper Earth princess is to do when she agrees to an arranged marriage to

“STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF ANCESTORS: MIDDLE GRADE ADVENTURES” – FICTION
Some say our paths are laid out by fate, but three young adventurers rise to the challenge to chart their own course. In RUTH BEHAR’s