a body more tolerable

By jaye simpson
Categories: Women's Literature, LGBTQ+ Literature, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature, Poetry, LGBTQ+, Trans Literature

Ferocious and vulnerable poems about redefining acts of creation, destruction, deconstruction, and recreation, from a singular Indigiqueer point of view

a body more tolerable is a collection of powerful ...

Finding Otipemisiwak

By Andrea Currie
Categories: BIPOC, Indigenous Literature, Biography & Memoir

A Sixties Scoop survivor's journey back to her Nation and the truth of who she is

Otipemisiwak is a Plains Cree word describing the Metis, meaning "the people who own themselves."

Andrea Currie was born ...

All Our Ordinary Stories

By Teresa Wong
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Women's Literature, Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction

From the author of Dear Scarlet comes a graphic memoir about the obstacles one daughter faces as she attempts to connect with her immigrant parents

Beginning with her mother's stroke in 2014, Teresa Wong ...

Bad Land

By Corinna Chong
Categories: Women's Literature, Fiction, BIPOC, Asian Literature

A slow-burning story exploring the generational effects of repression and transgression, set against the raw, eerie landscape of the badlands

Regina is a socially awkward loner who is content to live a ...

Perfect Little Angels

By Vincent Anioke
Categories: BIPOC, Black Literature, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Fiction

A beautifully imagined story collection set largely in Nigeria that explores themes of masculinity and repressed desires through the lens of (un)conditional love

In this stunning debut story collection ...

A Fate Worse Than Death

By Nisha Patel
Categories: LGBTQ+ Literature, Poetry, Disability Literature, BIPOC, Asian Literature

Poems that interrogate the complexities of disability, based on the author's evaluation of her own medical records

A Fate Worse Than Death is a stunning poetic investigation of the worthiness of disabled ...

Oma's Bag

Text by Michelle Wang
Illustrated by Sam Nunez
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Children's & Young Adult, Children's, Disability Literature

A gentle and loving book that helps children navigate an Alzheimer's diagnosis in their family

The five Lim children - Jessica, Jocelyn, Jeffrey, Jacob, and Kenzie - are thrilled when their parents tell ...

40 Men and 12 Rifles

By Marcelino Truong
Translated by David Homel
Categories: Graphic Novels & Non-Fiction, BIPOC, Asian Literature

By the author of Such a Lovely Little War and Saigon Calling, a stirring graphic novel about love, beauty, and war in 1950s Indochina

40 Men and 12 Rifles is an expansive, gripping graphic novel set in ...

Kai's Tea Eggs

By Karina Zhou
Categories: Children's & Young Adult, Children's, BIPOC, Asian Literature

An endearing and beautifully illustrated children's book about learning to embrace our heritage and celebrating what makes us unique.

Multicultural Day is coming up at school, and Kai is nervous about ...

The Whole Animal

By Corinna Chong
Categories: Women's Literature, Fiction, BIPOC, Asian Literature

A refreshingly original debut collection of short stories that grapple with the self-alienation and self-discovery that make us human.

For fans of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lynn Coady, and Lisa Moore comes ...