“The Final Girl” from LAKE SONG by Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, recommended by Daphne Kalotay

The vibrant cover art depicting a luchador eating a taco is the perfect teaser for what this anthology has in store.

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Examines the implications of blackness in vampire fiction, a previously predominantly white genre.

On Black Bandes Dessinées and Transcolonial Power by Michelle Bumatay is the first book in English to explore the work of Black francophone artists of bandes desinées and their responses to colonial l...

Short comics about immigration and life on the US–Mexico border, each bringing a different perspective on the perils of living on the border.

Series page for Machete: Showcasing fresh stories, innovative forms, and books that break new aesthetic ground in nonfiction

Literary contributor Hannah Grieco kicks off Spot LIT, our new column with 2024's best local books, lit gifting ideas, and unmissable events.

The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Between the Night and Its Music: New and Selected Poems by A. B. Spellman and The Charterhouse of Padma by Padma Viswanathan.

This list includes memoirs that distill a country’s recent history, fantasies that call upon battles from long ago, and narratives that center the modern immigrant.

Every year, in the weeks leading up to the National Book Critics Circle Awards, the NBCC board members take the time to review and appreciate the thirty finalists, recognized in Autobiography, Biog…

Keenan Norris’s sobering book explores Chicago’s role in forging the identity of the Black man in modern...

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