New Books for April 2026
Small, Independent, and University Press, and Author-published Books
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April 2026 Featured Books
Alteration, Claire Ibarra, Atmosphere Press
A designer’s refusal to leave bed sparks introspection, revealing hidden truths, strained relationships, and a search for authentic living. See sponsored blog post here.
Champions of Innocence: Inside the Fight Against Wrongful Convictions, Prometheus Books
Real stories from innocence movement exposing wrongful convictions and highlighting the fight for justice. See Editor’s Choice blog post here.
This Ground Beneath Our Feet, Emily Bright, Holy Cow! Press
This poetry collection spans decades, exploring history, nature, community, and resilience through place-rooted poems See Editor’s Choice blog post here.
Romances Without Words / In Solitary, Paul Verlaine, trans Larry Beckett, Livingston Press
Renegade poet Larry Beckett offers English translations of Verlaine’s works, which document his troubled relationship with Arthur Rimbaud. See blog post here.
More Notable New Books
Poetry
America: A Love Story, Camille T. Dungy, Wesleyan University Press
Burning Oracle, Sandra Simonds, Wesleyan University Press
Cantares, Edgar Garcia, Wesleyan University Press
The Hell of that Star, Kim Hyesoon’s, trans Cindy Juyoung Ok, Wesleyan University Press
It Looks Like a Man, Heather McHugh, Wesleyan University Press
Midsummer Count, Robin Becker, University of New Mexico Press
No Packing Necessary: Poems for the Solo Journey, Patricia Ann Joslin, Main Street Rag
Nothing Is Stationary, Joanne Esser, Holy Cow! Press
Olive Groves, Glen Oglaza, Pegasus Publishers
Songbird, Carol Ann Davis, Wesleyan University Press
This Longing City: Modern Hebrew Poems of Jerusalem, trans Rachel Tzvia Back, Hebrew Union Press
Fiction
The Book Lovers, Steve Aylett, Anti-Oedipus Press
The Dark-Robed Mother: A Memoir, Rachel Tzvia Back,
Never Hide from the Devil, N.T. McQueen, Cynren Press
Red Shadows at Saugatuck, Dr. Randy Overbeck, Wild Rose Press
Vengeance is Mine, Friedrich Torberg, Boiler House Press
The Watersmith, Yance Wyatt, Regal House Publishing
Nonfiction
An American Journey, Ethel Mannin, Boiler House Press
A Fractured I.T., Maurice Johnson. Author Published
Girl Gone Wild, Courtney Kocak, Trio House Press
My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond, Hugh Ryan, Bold Type Books
Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town, Michael Edison Hayden, Bold Type Books
Without Your Father, Jessica Lynne Henkle, Unsolicited Press
See March 2026 book titles here.
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