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7 Novels Set in Refugee Camps
Spanning decades and borders, these books explore love and hope while navigating displacement and an uncertain future
Apr 8 2024 - Helen Benedict
A Black Father Illustrated the Importance of “The Talk” in His Graphic Memoir
Pulitzer prize-winner Darrin Bell on explaining racism to his son
Oct 30 2023 - Deirdre Sugiuchi
8 Queer Historical Fiction Books Set Around the World
Every corner of the past is queerer than we were taught
Oct 17 2023 - Allison Epstein
9 Historical Novels by 20th-Century Queer Writers
Queer people have been writing historical fiction since before queerness existed
Sep 25 2023 - B. Pladek
7 Books About Reckoning With Intergenerational Trauma
Ruth Madievsky, author of "All-Night Pharmacy," recommends characters struggling under the weight of their familial legacy
Aug 22 2023 - Ruth Madievsky
7 Contemporary Finnish Novels in Translation
Mia Spangenberg, translator of Pirkko Saisio’s cult classic “The Red Book of Farewells,” recommends Finnish literary fiction you won’t soon forget
Jul 3 2023 - Mia Spangenberg
The Perfect Beach Weather for Every Gender
"Daisies" by Marne Litfin, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Jun 12 2023 - Marne Litfin
Luis Alberto Urrea Writes Like He’s a Mexican Faulkner
The author of "Good Night, Irene" on his mentor Ursula Le Guin and turning his mother's WWII memories into a novel
May 31 2023 - Kristen Millares Young
Aaron Hamburger’s Grandmother Dressed in Drag to Find Refuge
The author of "Hotel Cuba" fictionalizes his grandmother's journey as a Russian Jew immigrant in 1920s Havana