Oct 14, 2025 · I can't wait for everyone to meet Spencer, her heartbreakingly tender and deliciously messy hero, whose cross-country odyssey is equal parts To Wong Foo and My So …

Nov 18, 2021 · “Tender little stories that will make you gasp and squirm.” —Kirkus Reviews A woman metamorphoses into a giant slug; another quite literally eats her heart out; a wasp falls …

Departing at Dawn is a beautifully simple, poetic story of solidarity and love, with memorable characters painted in the tender strokes of a watercolor." — Luisa Valenzuela, author of Black …

Nov 15, 2021 · “Tender little stories that will make you gasp and squirm.” —Kirkus Reviews A woman metamorphoses into a giant slug; another quite literally eats her heart out; a wasp falls …

Oct 25, 2011 · With compassion and wit, and language honed to utter frankness, Moskowitz gives us her piercingly tender observations about unlikely friendships, transgressive love, …

“This June Jordan treasure is a rare piece of fiction from one of America's most vital poets and political essayists—a tender story of young love in the face of generational opposition, a …

Oct 14, 2025 · One of LitHub’s Most Anticipated Books of The Year “By turns heartbreaking, hilarious, and hope-filled. . . . This coming-of-age story soars.” —Publishers Weekly (starred …

As she recovers tender but painful memories of her working-class Italian American childhood, her years teaching and eventual disillusionment, she arrives at a new affirmation of her work and life.

"In Winter's Edge, Valerie Miner brings us two wonderful old women whose relationship is feisty, tender, and deep. No fluff about senior citizens here! In the whole novel we live close to the …

Known for both her sense of humor—even in the bleakest of circumstances—and her insight into the relationships that define who we are, where we come from, and where we hope to be …