Chosen Families: A Guest Post by Tammy Armstrong
Our latest Discover pick is a charming tale of a girl and her brother — who just so happens to…
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Poured Over: Eloghosa Osunde on Vagabonds!
“Each time I wrote a story that belonged in this book … It held some pain. It held some love.…
Poured Over: Jessica George on Maame
“That was only three years ago, where I read a protagonist I could relate to on a deeper level, for…
Poured Over Double Shot: Parini Shroff and Tracey Rose Peyton
Our January Discover and B&N Book Club picks have lots in common: both are debut novels with indelible characters and…
Find Your Voice and Honor Your Truth: An Exclusive Guest Post From Adele Myers, Author of The Tobacco Wives — Our March Discover Pick
We were lucky enough to talk with Adele Myers and find out the inspiration behind The Tobacco Wives, our March…
Murder and Celebrity in the Early Aughts: Five Questions for Calla Henkel, Author of Other People’s Clothes — Our February Discover Pick
We got the opportunity to ask Calla Henkel five questions on everything from the inspiration behind her novel, constructing our…
Poured Over: Xochitl Gonzalez on Olga Dies Dreaming
“You know, there’s something that we don’t talk about, which I think is like the underside of success and ambition,…
Nuyoricans, Love Letters and Fairytale Endings: Five Questions for Xochitl Gonzalez, Author of Olga Dies Dreaming — Our January Discover Pick
We were thrilled to ask author Xochitl Gonzalez five questions on everything from the inspiration behind her novel, saving love…
Six Questions for Monica West, Author of Revival Season — Our June Discover Pick
Monica West’s transporting coming-of-age novel explores complicated family and what it means to live among the community of the faithful.…
Things That Both Heal and Harm: Five Question for Eric Nguyen, Author of Things We Lost to the Water — Our May Discover Pick
Things We Lost to the Water is a mesmerizing debut of familial bonds, assimilation and home that centers around an immigrant…
Victor Hugo, Cuban Independence and the Resilience of Women: Five Question for Gabriela Garcia, Author of Of Women and Salt — Our April Discover Pick
Beautiful and tragic, Of Women and Salt follows five generations of women in Cuba, Mexico and Miami. A story about…
Potions That Bewitch Us, Cure Us, Kill Us: Five Questions for Sarah Penner, Author of The Lost Apothecary — Our March Discover Pick
An avenging woman in the guise of a quiet apothecary takes center stage in this propulsive historical fiction debut. In…
The Right Words Are Just Waiting to Be Found: An Exclusive Guest Post from Eley Williams, Author of The Liar’s Dictionary — Our January Discover Pick
Mountweazel n. the phenomenon of false entries within dictionaries and works of reference. Often used as a safeguard against copyright infringement.…
A Recipe is Only a Recipe Until it Touches Your Hands: Cooking with Bryan Washington, Author of Memorial – Our November Discover Pick
Memorial is a story about the nature and limits of love; one that transcends societal expectations and serves up a witty…
The Tiger Spirit: Five Questions for K-Ming Chang, Author of Bestiary— Our October Discover Pick
K-Ming Chang brings her poet’s voice to this visceral, bold and crackling debut — and, our latest Discover Pick of…
Miracles, Moonshine, and the Powers of Sisterhood: 5 Questions for Amy Jo Burns, author of Shiner – Our May Discover Pick of the Month
Shiner is a story of secrets and lies, family and faith that will have you holding your breath. There are characters…
Old Gods and the Spirits of Home: Sharks in the Time of Saviors– Our March Discover Pick of the Month
After reading Sharks in the Time of Saviors, I kept coming back to a central theme that cuts to the…