Eight New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set
This nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of eight African poets.
Tuff Gnarl Limited Edition Preorder
A Good Haunting: Stories
Grandma, What’s That? Countdown to Christmas: A Nine Mile Babies Adventure
The Royal We
The Angel at the Gates
Quiet City Limited Edition Preorder
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New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tatu)
This limited-edition nine-piece box set, an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project, features the work of new African poets.
The Sexy Part of the Bible
Romance and political intrigue cloud the many lives of a diabolical African supermodel harboring a shocking secret.
Upcoming Events
Kira Tucker — NYU Creative Writing Reading Series (New York, NY)
11/6/26, 5:00pm
Kira Tucker presents Wildest: Poems.
Carol Mitchell — BVI Lit Fest (Tortola, BVI)
11/6/26, 9:00am
What does the future look like from an island? For generations, Caribbean storytellers have imagined worlds beyond the horizon, futures shaped by climate change, technology, migration, folklore, resilience, and possibility. Long before “speculative fiction” became a genre, Caribbean people were imagining what comes next. In What Tomorrow Say, three celebrated writers, including Karen Lord (Angel […]
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