Want to read a fantasy from a culture steeped in magical tradition? Then stories by Latinx authors may be the right fit for you. Latinx cultures bear the roots of magical realism, and stories from Latinx cultures often celebrate a hybrid of the magical and the realistic. When Latinx authors delve into fantasy, they often […]
More than fifty years after its publication, One Hundred Years of Solitude is finally coming to a screen near you. Netflix announced earlier this month it will produce a Spanish-language adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’s landmark novel, a cornerstone of magical realism and Latin American literature. In honor of this momentous occasion, we’ve handpicked some […]
Today on the blog, we welcome back the amazing Heidi Heilig—author of the acclaimed The Girl From Everywhere—who returns with her sophomore series, For a Muse of Fire. The book is about Southeast Asian–inspired shadow puppets, necromancy, colonialism, and rebellion and is just as complex and delicious as that sounds. Heilig has been very outspoken […]
Pride Month is a great time to put the focus on queer YA—specifically, some of the incredible intersectional queer books YA has been blessed with, given to us by indigenous authors and authors of color. We’ve got a stack you can read now, and another half dozen you can preorder!
Talking about anthologies is forever one of my favorite things, because—especially as their shelf presence grows and you start to see repeat authors—you get to learn which of your favorite novelists have a serious gift for short fiction, too. There are a lot of familiar voices in this season’s anthologies, but what would these collections […]