“i have questions about heaven. i have questions about the Revolution. those questions are the same: upon whose bones do you intend to build your paradise?” Kai Cheng Thom grew up a Chinese Canadian transgender girl in a hostile world. As an activist, psychotherapist, conflict mediator, and spiritual healer, she’s always pursued the same deeply…
I Have a Home, There is a We by Mohammed Khelef Ghassani
“I hear the voice of the ocean wavesAnd rushing windThey sing to me their poetry, a sweetness in my earsIt comes to me by name, my country Zanzibar…” ~ The Voice of My Country I Have a Home, There Is a We, whose original Swahili edition was in 2015 the first book of poetry to…
2026 National Poetry Month Recommendations
I am aware that many of my readers are not in the United States, but 2026 marks the 30th Anniversary of our National Poetry Month. First started in 1996, it allows us to celebrate poets as they are integral to our arts and culture. I struggle to talk about poetry, but I really like to…
The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love by India Holton
“All may be fair in love and war, but this is ornithology. Cheating is practically one of our scientific principles.” Beth Pickering is on the verge of finally capturing the rare deathwhistler bird when Professor Devon Lockley swoops in, capturing both her bird and her imagination like a villain. Albeit a handsome and charming villain,…
Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher
“Some thoughts burrow into your mind as thoroughly as a wasp larva burrows into an unsuspecting caterpillar. The trick, which I am still learning, is how to live without being devoured by them.” The year is 1899 and Sonia Wilson is a scientific illustrator without work, prospects, or hope. When the reclusive Dr. Halder offers…
This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
“‘Aelius’s beliefs are his own.’‘Are they?” Kadra flipped through a stack of letters. ‘He’ll be devastated to hear it He’s been trying to make them everyone else’s for quite some time.’” Eighteen-year-old Sarai doesn’t know why someone tried to kill her four years ago, but she does know that her case was closed without justice….
The Strength of the Few by James Islington
“Grief, my mother once told me, is love’s most honest expression. The last and hardest aspect of truly, truly caring for someone. She said it at her own mother’s funeral rites, tears in her eyes even as she tried to comfort a boy too young to understand why he was so sad, why his grandmother…
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
“I should start dating again. Should I start dating again? Yeah. I should. Except that . . . men. No, thank you.” As an environmental engineer, Mara knows all about the delicate nature of ecosystems. They require balance. And leaving the thermostat alone. And not stealing someone else’s food. And other rules Liam, her detestable big-oil lawyer of…
Nobody’s Baby by Olivia Waite
“Trouble is, when you tell people the system is good because it’s different than people, some people hear: The system is more important than people. And then they act accordingly. And someone who doesn’t deserve it gets hurt.” A wild baby appears! Dorothy Gentleman, ship detective, is put to the test once again when an…
Stuck With You by Ali Hazelwood
“And I’ve been scared, scared like never before, that I’d hurt you.” He lifts his hand. Curves it around my cheek. “That I’d left you in some—any kind of pain. That I couldn’t make amends. Which, let me tell you, is no fun when you know in your lizard brain that you’re about five minutes…
The Great Book Wyrm 