New Books for February 2025
Small, Independent, and University Press, and Author-published Books
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Always There, Always Gone, Marty Ross-Dolen, She Writes Press
“. . . an emotionally rich interrogation of the legacy of grief on people who are both directly and indirectly impacted by tragedy.” Read the book review here.
The Black Box: Writing the Race, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Penguin Press
Gates delivers a real education, drawing from his Intro to African American Studies course at Harvard. Read the book review here.
Blade by Blade, Danusha Laméris, Copper Canyon Press
Laméris offers sensual poetics with a naturalist bent, but “she has not illusions” about the “sometimes brutal nature” of this world. Read the book review here.
Gay Poems for Red States by Willie Edward Taylor Carver, Jr., The University Press of Kentucky
“This collection is as much about class as it is about sexuality.” Read the book review here.
Glorious Exploits, Ferdia Lennon, Henry Holt and Company
Set in ancient Greece with characters who “sound like they live in twenty-first Ireland.” Read the book review here.
Joyride, Ellen Meister, Montlake
“Meister is skilled in advancing plot and developing characters through dialogue.” Read the book review here.
Poetry Dust: In the Middle of My Before and After, Alyssa Skyes
Enjoy 60 never-before-published poems paired with more than 60 stunning and vibrant artworks created to complement the words. See the sponsored post here.
The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner
Kimmerer examines a number of gift economies already in existence, helping readers see alternatives to polarization. Read the book review here.
Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, Vanessa Priya Daniel, Random House
“An extraordinary book that merges memoir with matter-of-fact advice for advancing social change.” Read the book review here.
Unusual Fragments: Japanese Stories
“Five previously untranslated peers of Osamu Dazai and Kōbō Abe in an exceptionally curated anthology of short fiction.” Read the book review here.
More Notable New Books
Poetry
Apotheosis of Music, Witold Wirpsza, World Poetry
Apparent Breviary, Gastón Fernández, World Poetry
Document, Amelia Rosselli, World Poetry
Dream of the Bird Tattoo, Juan J. Morales, University of New Mexico Press
Learning to Drown, SM Stubbs, Gunpowder Press
Letter to a Dandelion: Earth Verse for Gardeners & Nature Lovers, Jeffry Glover, Poems for Pleasure Press
Poetry Dust: In the Middle of My Before and After, Alyssa Sykes
A Real Man Would Have a Gun, Stacey Waite, University of New Mexico Press
Verb Animate: Poetry and Prose from Collaborative Acts, Heid E. Erdrich, Trio House Press
Fiction
Dreams in Times of War: Stories / Soñar en tiempos de guerra: Cuentos, Oswaldo Estrada; trans. Sarah Pollack, University of New Mexico Press
Lonesome Ballroom, Madeline McDonnell, Rescue Press
Low April Sun, Constance Squires, University of Oklahoma Press
The Problem You Have, Robert Garner McBrearty, University of New Mexico Press
Social Studies: a surreal slide presentation of american hx, Joseph D. Reich, Audience Askew Chapbooks
Strangelove Country, D. Harlan Wilson, Stalking Horse Press
The Three Devils & Other Stories, William Luvaas, Curbstone Press
Nonfiction
Bike Life, Adrien Zammit, The Experiment
Living Night, Sophia Kimmig, The Experiment
Lost Found Kept: A Memoir, Deborah Derrickson Kossmann, Trio House Press
The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen, Chad Hyatt, the Experiment
The Secret World of Denisovans, Silvana Condemi & François Savatier, The Experiment
The Visionary Brand: The Success Formula Behind The World’s Greatest Visionary Brands, Bryan Smeltzer, LiquidMind Press
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