Happy pub. day to Serena Chopra's A CATALOG OF FUTURE MERCIES, a luminous memoir-in-poems that explores the complexities of mercy in an immigrant family haunted by generational violence. Pick up a copy from your local indie, and see Serena on tour this summer!
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“A passionate paean to life’s wonders.”
—KIRKUS
“[Mandy-Suzanne Wong] has made sea snails totally present on the page, magically uncurling their opaque inner worlds, making them resonant subjects of marvel and love. . . . Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl is up there with some of my favorite animal writing of the past decade.”—Ania Szremski, 4COLUMNS
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