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"There’s a kind of time travel in letters, isn’t there?" July's review of co-authored, epistolary, purple prose.

Black speculative fiction writer Tananarive Due's historical horror novel tackles hate, privilege, and erasure.

Out There Screaming is a thoughtful collection of psychological horror and speculative fiction that examines the expectations of the world on Black bodies.

June is Pride month. At the Center, we stand with the LGBTQIA community this month and every month, because dignity is being able to live and belong as you are, trans rights matter, and love is love.

This Pride month, we encourage you to buy books by LGBTQIA authors from LGBTQIA-owned bookstores. As always, Bookshop.org is an invaluable resource for both; unless otherwise noted, all book links in this post lead to Bookshop.org, where your purchases support independent bookstores across the U.S.

Tomb Sweeping is a collection of 15 character-driven short stories about Chinese or Chinese-American characters written by Alexandra Chang.

Where I go on the web to read nonfiction that expands my understanding of what essays are and what they can do.

Fall 2023 book recommendations—because go ahead, buy more books!

Why do we write? How do we navigate grief? What gives us hope?

Shawna Ayoub highlights the technique of using multiple narrators to foster compassion in a story, and offers an exercise so you can practice doing the same.

In honor of Pride month, we encourage you to buy books by LGBTQIA authors from LGBTQIA-owned independent bookstores, starting with these five selections in various genres.