BOOK LAUNCHES

  Welcome to the July 2020 edition of new fiction we can’t wait to read!   Aimee Bender, The Butterfly Lampshade “By the end, the book reveals itself as a meditation on memory, identity, and the sometimes-uncanny relationship between living beings…

  The June 2020 edition of new fiction we can’t wait to read!   Carlos Manuel Álvarez, The Fallen (translated by Frank Wynne) “A dreamlike yet insightful novel of a family and a country decaying from the inside….The reader is pulled…

  Topping our TBRs—new fiction for May, 2020!   Dima Alzayat, Alligator & Other Stories “Alzayat’s slim, powerful debut collection showcases the author’s deep empathy and imagination in stories about grief, assimilation, and trauma… This intelligent collection is a force to…

  Here are the books we are most looking forward to reading this month!   Julia Alvarez, Afterlife “Alvarez’s prose is magnetic as she delves into the intricacies of sisterhood, immigration, and grief, once again proving her mastery as a…

Here are the new releases we are most looking forward to this month, including several by CRAFT contributors!   Leesa Cross-Smith, So We Can Glow: Stories “Leesa Cross-Smith is such a beguiling writer and her skills are on full display in So We Can…

Here’s what we’re most looking forward to reading this February, with a special nod to several writers we’ve published in CRAFT!   Clare Beams, The Illness Lesson “Beams (We Show What We Have Learned, 2016) takes risk after risk in this,…

  Welcome to 2020! Most months we roundup our most-anticipated new fiction releases. January has a bounty!   Megan Angelo, Followers “If anyone is going to explore a future version of our high-tech, internet-obsessed culture, please let it be Megan Angelo.…

Welcome to the final 2019 roundup of new fiction we can’t wait to read!   Howard Fast, The General Zapped an Angel, with a new introduction by Mark Harris “Fantastical, oddly endearing stories rescued from the ravages of time…A collection of…