Everything the Light Touches, Janice Pariat
Drawn richly from scientific and botanical ideas, Everything the Light Touches is a swirl of ever-expanding themes: the contrasts between modern India and its colonial … Read more
Category Archives: Literary
Birnam Wood, Eleanor Catton
From the Booker Prize–winning author of The Luminaries, Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood is an electrifying eco-thriller grounded in a provocative and sly exploration of some of … Read more
Wild Mountain Series, Clara Hume
We will indefinitely feature a couple of our own titles, which fit perfectly into the genre of eco-fiction. To receive a review copy of these … Read more
Indie Corner – Amy Smiley
Back to the Indie Corner series This month I talk with Amy Smiley, author of Hiking Underground (Atmosphere Press, January 2023). Mary: Hi, Amy! So … Read more
Sordidez, E.G. Condé
Vero has always felt at odds with his community. As a trans man in near-future Puerto Rico, he struggles to gain acceptance for his identity … Read more
Dinosaurs, Lydia Millet
Dinosaurs is both sharp-edged and tender, an emotionally moving, intellectually resonant novel that asks: In the shadow of existential threat, where does hope live?
Read moreBlack River, Nilanjana S. Roy
For the most part, Delhi turns its back on her, staining her swollen body with its ashes and garbage and sewage, choking her with the … Read more
The Last Beekeper, Julie Carrick Dalton
“The Last Beekeeper is a moving novel about how radical hope can be kept alive in the face of personal grief and global loss.” -Matt … Read more
The Light Pirate, Lily Brooks-Dalton
Florida is slipping away. As devastating weather patterns and rising sea levels gradually wreak havoc on the state’s infrastructure, a powerful hurricane approaches a small … Read more
Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
A re-imagined Charles Dickens’ David Copperfield story, set in the Appalachian Mountains, this large book (over 600 pages) explores the life of a boy born … Read more
Harvest Moon, Agam Agenda
Harvest Moon is an anthology of loves and lives, of stories that thrive where borders and edges meet and where fates merge and collide like … Read more
The Last Quarter of the Moon, Zijian Chi
Translated by Bruce Humes, this novel, first published in 2005, is being re-released by Penguin Random House, re-categorized in the genre of eco-fiction. In The … Read more
Lark Ascending, Silas House
As fires devastate most of the United States, Lark and his family secure a place on a refugee boat headed to Ireland, the last country … Read more
An Orchid Astronomy, Tasnuva Hayden
Just out by University of Calgary Press (July 2022), this book is a collection of stories, written in experimental prose, about a woman named Sophie. … Read more
Valli, Sheela Tomy
Originally published in Malayalam, in June 2021, Valli is Sheela Tomy’s debut novel. It’s being translated into English by Jayasree Kalathil. According to Financial Express, … Read more