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, BIPOC, Black Literature, Youth Culture, 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, BIPOC, Black Literature, Music

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: BIPOC, Black Literature, Fiction, Indigenous Literature, Anthologies, 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, Women's Literature, Fiction

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: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Lesbian Literature, Gay Literature, Anthologies, Erotica

"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: Fiction, BIPOC, Asian Literature, 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 ...

In the Inner Quarters

By Ling Mengchu
Translated by Lenny Hu
Categories: BIPOC, Asian Literature, Fiction, Erotica

From translator Lenny Hu, who brought the acclaimed erotic Chinese novel The Embroidered Couch back into print, is this collection of five erotic stories, also from Ming dynasty China.
Ling Mengchu (1580-1644) ...

Pulse

By Rajinderpal Pal
Categories: Poetry, BIPOC, Asian Literature

Rajinderpal S. Pal's first, acclaimed collection, pappaji wrote poetry in a language i cannot read, was an exploration, a search not only for a place in the world, but for a sense of one's self.

Pulse ...

The Real Jerk

By Lily Pottinger & Ed Pottinger
Categories: BIPOC, Black Literature, Cooking

There's a Jamaican phrase, "Out of many, one people," that is reflected in the style of cooking from the Caribbean: distinct, bold flavours coming together to create an electric experience. Such is the ...