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February 9, 2023
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“We [at Haymarket] know that books can be dangerous to those in power, especially when they are in the hands of folks who are organizing to fight for liberation.”
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“This novel is so gorgeous and moving. About matters of the heart, about war’s impact on not just nations but individuals over generations. . . . This is one of those rare novels that quietly will not leave the reader alone and untouched. Just beautiful.”—Sheryl Cotleur, Copperfield’s Books (CA)
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Unbound’s co-founder and publisher John Mitchinson appeared on the TODAY Show this morning to discuss the phenomenon that is Cain’s Jawbone. Also interviewed in the segment is Sarah Scannell, whose TikTok about the book “single-handedly created a literary hurricane,” according to Mitchinson. Watch here.
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★ “Holy hell: These 14 stories from author and film historian Due might scare even the most dauntless horror fans to death. . . . [Due’s] command of the Black horror aesthetic rivals Jordan Peele’s in originality and sheer bravado.”—Kirkus Reviews
★ “Centering Black characters and often Black experiences, this is a standout in both Black horror and the genre more broadly.”—Publishers Weekly
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| | I'm Not Going Anywhere
by Rumena Bužarovska, trans. Steve Bradbury
Deep Vellum / Dalkey Archive Press • April 2023 • 9781628974546
★ “In this marvelous collection from Bužarovska, Macedonian women yearn to escape their country’s poverty and patriarchal abuses. . . . She’s a master of her craft.”—Publishers Weekly
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“The Canadian novelist and essayist describes the defining role rejection has played in his career and reflects on its importance in the lives of notable writers, from Ovid to Dostoyevsky and Baldwin.”—New York Times Book Review
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“In his new collection of poetry Soliloquy with the Ghosts in Nile, from the local press Black Ocean, Nigerian poet Hussain Ahmed gets at the incomprehensible permanence and permeability of death.”—Boston Globe
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| | Sing, Nightingale
by Marie Hélène Poitras, trans. Rhonda Mullins
Coach House Books • February 2023 • 9781552454480
“Sing, Nightingale is, by design, a disconcerting book. . . . The overall effect is one of decadence laced with a creeping sense of horror.”—Washington Post
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| | Green Wheat
by Colette, trans. Zack Rogow
Sarabande Books • May 2004 • 9781932511017
“Green Wheat is set in a villa in Brittany, where every summer young Vinca and Phil resume their holiday friendship, begin to grow up and, inevitably, discover the pleasure and heartbreak of adult sexuality. A tender slow burn from 1923.”—New York Times Book Review
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The Thorn Puller
by Hiromi Ito, trans. Jeffrey Angles
Stone Bridge Press • December 2022 • 9781737625308
“The sparks of humor fly as Japanese medieval narrative and Judeo-Christian culture collide in modern-day domestic disputes. . . . There is a special music even in the complaints, scolding, arguments, phone conversations, and gossipy moments.”—Yoko Tawada
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