Fiction

A reissue of the controversial novel about middle-class Jewish life in Old San Francisco.

Short stories that manage to feel both fantastical and disturbingly familiar.

An unflinching look at race, class, life after death, disability, and family.

African American characters navigate a physical and spiritual journey beginning in the antebellum South.

The story of a doctor’s family torn apart by Soviet politics, persecution, and the Jewish struggle for freedom during the Cold War.

Jazz, opera, and various blues serve as the soundtrack for this collection of fairytales for grown-ups of all ages.

Beautifully-crafted prose from one of Michigan’s most original voices.

The first unabridged English translation taken directly from Basile’s monumental Lo cunto de li cunti (1634–1636), this edition is fully annotated and illustrated, with an extensive bibliography.

Short, searing glimpses of how race and gender shadow even the most intimate moments of women’s lives.