The Phoenix Pencil CompanyIn this dazzling debut novel, a hidden and nearly forgotten magicof Reforging pencils, bringing the memories they contain back to lifeholds the power to transform a young womans relationship with her grandmother, and to mend long lost connections across time and space. Monica Tsai spends most days on her computer, journaling the details of her ordinary life and coding for a program that seeks to connect strangers online. A self proclaimed recluse,

set in a world that could only have sprung from the unhinged and brilliant mind of John Waters

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orenda Books (January 14

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I negotiate the space between who I am

On the night Miles Abernathy—sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian—comes out as trans to his parents

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The many voices that emerge in these poems--from historic Black personalities

Longtime organizers and movement educators Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes examine some of the political lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic

Ramon brings his own personal perspec\ve as we venture into homes and studios

As he steps back into the life he abandoned—learning his Appa’s life lessons over crates of tuna on bleary-eyed 4 a

But who can know what the right thing is

to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York