The Reverend's Apprentice

By David N. Odhiambo
Categories: Fiction, BIPOC, Black Literature

The Reverend's Apprentice, the third novel by David N. Odhiambo, is a powerful, tragicomic novel about power, culture, and identity politics in contemporary America, as seen through the eyes of an African ...

Got 'til it's Gone

By Larry Duplechan
Categories: LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, BIPOC, Black Literature, Fiction

Winner of a Lambda Literary Award (gay romance)

As funny, warm, and sexy as its protagonist, Got 'til it's Gone is the first novel by Larry Duplechan in fifteen years, and the fourth to feature his alter-ego ...

Kuroshio

By Terry Watada
Categories: British Columbia, Fiction, Canada, BIPOC, Asian Literature

Kuroshio, meaning "black current," is the name given to the Pacific Ocean current that Japanese immigrants believe brought them safely to a new life in North America. In this vividly imagined novel based ...

Soucouyant

By David Chariandy
Categories: BIPOC, Black Literature, Fiction

By the award-winning author of Brother
Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize

Longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Winner, ForeWord ...

Blackbird

By Larry Duplechan
Introduction by Michael Nava
Categories: Fiction, Youth Culture, BIPOC, Black Literature, Children's & Young Adult, Young Adult, LGBTQ+, Gay Literature
Series: Little Sister's Classics

First published by St. Martin's Press in 1986, Blackbird is a funny, moving, coming-of-age novel about growing up black and gay in southern California. The lead character, Johnnie Ray Rousseau, is a high ...

Performance Bond

By Wayde Compton
Categories: Poetry, Music, BIPOC, Black Literature

In Performance Bond, Wayde Compton, among the most progressive and experimental poets in Canada, defiantly and eloquently confronts the globalization and commodification of Black culture.

With poetry ...

So Long Been Dreaming

Edited by Nalo Hopkinson & Uppinder Mehan
Categories: Fiction, BIPOC, Indigenous Literature, Anthologies, Black Literature, Asian Literature

So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy is an anthology of original new stories by leading African, Asian, South Asian, and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British ...

Hopeful Monsters

By Hiromi Goto
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Fiction, Women's Literature

The unbearable voices of mythic manatees, the cry of the phoenix, the whispers of kappa lovers beside a gurgling stream. The voice of the moon that is ever turned away from our gaze, the song of suns ...

Desilicious

Edited by Masala Trois Collective
Categories: LGBTQ+, Gay Literature, Lesbian Literature, Fiction, Erotica, BIPOC, Asian Literature, Anthologies

"Desi" is a Hindi term referring to "of one's own people". Desilicious is a wide-ranging compilation of erotic literature by writers of South Asian descent--a medley of arousing and thematically innovative ...

Quixotic Erotic

By Tamai Kobayashi
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Erotica

Step into a world of dream, of fantasy, of erotic tales spiked with poetic imagery. Step into Quixotic Erotic, the new collection of lesbian erotica from Tamai Kobayashi.

Like being awakened from a dream ...