Rachelle’s Picks:

1. ​There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé​ (Tin House Books) by Morgan Parker

poetry / American pop culture / Black womanhood / depression / anxiety / politics / art

2. ​Swing Time ​(Penguin) by Zadie Smith

novel / London / West Africa / postcolonialism / female relationships / power / dance

3. ​Nature Poem ​(Tin House Books) by Tommy Pico

poetry / NDN identity / homophobia / misogyny / race / sex / colonialism

4. ​Mannish Tongues ​(Platypus Press) by jayy dodd

poetry / race / gender / trans experience / Blackness / faith / grief

5. ​literally show me a healthy person​ (Tyrant Books) by Darcie Wilder

experimental fiction / Twitter / humor / sex / grief / family / social anxiety

Matthew’s Picks:

1. ​Killer​ (Bottlecap Press) by Kimmy Walters

poetry / dark humor / mystery

2. ​Person/A​ (SF/LD Books) By Elizabeth Ellen

novel / memoir / obsession

3. ​Veer​ (Ravenna Press) by Kim Chinquee

flash fiction / experimental narrative

4. ​The Sarah Book​ (Tyrant Books) by Scott Mcclanahan

novel / divorce / recovery

5. ​OK ​(Sorryhouse) by Kool A.D.

novel / modern life / surreality

Bre’s Picks:

1. ​Difficult Women ​(Grove Press) by Roxane Gay

stories / women / relationships / feminism

2. ​Notes of a Crocodile ​(NYRB Classics) by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie Huie

notebooks / Taiwan / queer / love / relationships / friendship

3. ​Human Acts ​(​Hogarth) by Han Kang

novel / South Korea / uprising / violence / friendship / trauma / memory

4. ​The Bed Moved ​(Vintage) by Rebecca Schiff

short stories / childhood / love / loss / coming-of-age

5. ​One More Year ​(Fantagraphics) by ​Simon Hanselmann

graphic novel / witches / stoner / humor