BOOKS | The Bare Life Review

Recent and Forthcoming Books
by TBLR Contributors & Staff

The "dazzling," "epic" debut novel by Namwali Serpell (TBLR Volume 3)

THE FALL OF SAINTS

An "urgent" first novel by Volume 2 contributor Wanjikũ Wa Ngũgĩ

The forthcoming debut novel by Volume 1 contributor Meng Jin

A collaboration between poet Josey Foo (TBLR Volume 3) and dancer Leah Stein

THE TEETH OF THE COMB

The "portentous" and "poetic" collection by TBLR contributor Osama Alomar.

WE NEED NEW NAMES

The debut novel from TBLR contributor NoViolet Bulawayo. Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize.

THE DREAM OF MY RETURN

A novel by renowned author and TBLR contributor Horacio Castellanos-Moya.

IN THE DISTANCE

The debut novel from TBLR contributor Hernán Díaz. Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize.

OKSANA, BEHAVE!

The "irresistible" first novel by TBLR Fiction Editor Maria Kuznetsova.

Collected poems by TBLR contributor Hoa Nguyen.

OTHER PEOPLE'S LOVE AFFAIRS

The debut story collection by TBLR Publisher D. Wystan Owen.

The celebrated collection by TBLR contributor Safiya Sinclair. Winner of the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature.

A KIND OF SOLITUDE

The debut collection by TBLR contributor Dariel Suarez. Winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction.

The "towering" debut by TBLR Fiction Editor Novuyo Rosa Tshuma.

Poems by TBLR contributor Jenny Xie. Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award.

Forthcoming chapbook by poet and translator Kelsi Vanada (TBLR Volume 1)

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