
The Weight of Water
by Selim Farouk
A generational saga about a family bound to a drought-stricken river town. Farouk writes about scarcity with a strange, aching abundance.
Harrow & Vine · 2026 · Read our review
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by Selim Farouk
A generational saga about a family bound to a drought-stricken river town. Farouk writes about scarcity with a strange, aching abundance.
Harrow & Vine · 2026 · Read our review

by Rosa Imperiale
A brisk, argumentative history of how humans invented time — and how time returned the favor by inventing us.
North Meridian · 2026 · Read our review

by Adaeze Okafor
A quietly devastating debut about a mapmaker who deliberately introduces a single mistake into every map he draws.
Harrow & Vine · 2026 · Read our review

by Marcus Feld
A literary thriller set on a dying stretch of coastline, where a decades-old disappearance resurfaces with the tide.
Blackwater Press · 2026 · Read our review

New in the catalogue
by Helena Cruz
A late collection from one of the great poets of the language, circling time, insomnia, and memory.
Meridian Poetry · 2026