Books Received April 2023

NewPages receives many wonderful book titles each month to share with our readers. You can read more about some of these by clicking on “New Books” under the NewPages Blog or Books tab on the menu. If you are a publisher or author looking to be listed here or featured on our blog and social media, please contact us!

Poetry
The Boxer of Quirinal, John Barr, Red Hen Press
Brother Poem, Will Harris, Wesleyan University Press
Chariot, Timothy Donnelly, Wave Books
Dear Outsiders, Jenny Sadre-Orafai, University of Akron Press
A Duration, Richard Meier, Wave Books
The Flowers of Buffoonery, Osamu Dazai, New Directions Publishing
Fulgurite, Catherine Kyle, Cornerstone Press
Hydra Medusa, Brandon Shimoda, Nightboat Books
Iggy Horse, Michael Earl Craig, Wave Books
Imaginary Sonnets, Daniel Galef, Word Galaxy Press
In Deep, Judith Sanders, Kelsay Books
Lucky Breaks, Yevgenia Belorusets, New Directions Publishing

Midnight Bus to Oaxaca, Elaine Cohen, Poetica Publishing
New Life, Ana Božičević, Wave Books
Perennial Fashion Presence Falling, Fred Moten, Wave Books
Seeing the There There, David Alpaugh, Word Galaxy Press
So Much for Life, Mark Hyatt, Nightboat Books
Sprawl, Andrew Collard, Ohio University Press
String, Matthew Thorburn, Louisana State University Press
The Third Renunciation, Matthew E. Henry, NYQ Books
War Diary, Yevgenia Belorusets, New Directions Publishing
When Did We Stop Being Cute?, Martin Wiley, The University of Chicago Press
Where Sunday Used to Be, Daniel Klawitter, Wipf and Stock Publishers
Wild Liar, Deborah Pope, Carnegie Mellon University
Wolf Trees, Katie Hartsock, Able Muse Press

Fiction
All We Could Have Been and More, Joshua Shaw, Livingston Press
The Auburn Conference, Tom Piazza, University of Iowa Press
Blind Trust, Natalie Walters, Revell
The Devil to Pay, Gary Blackwood, Black Rose Writing
Girl Country, Jacqueline Vogtman, Dzanc Books
Hannah’s Two Homes, Melodie Tegay,
Incandescence, Meheen Ahmed, Impspired
Knockout Beauty and Other Afflictions, Marina Rubin, Crowsnest Books
The Lioness of Boston, Emily Franklin, Godine
The Middle Daughter, Chika Unigwe, Dzanc Books

Nonfiction
Containing History, Stephen P. Friot, The University of Oklahoma Press
Crimes of the Tongue, Alicia Gaspar de Alba
Existential Thirst Trap, Robert Dean, Big Laugh Comedy
Gauntlet in the Gulf, ed. Claude Clayton Smith, Shanti Arts
The Loved Ones, Madison Davis, Dzanc Books
Queering the Border, Emma Pérez, Arte Público Press

Anthologies
The EastOver Anthology of Rural Stories, 2023: Writers of Color edited by Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, EastOver Press