Algonquin Books

Shae

Shae, by Mesha Maren, is an intense and upsetting story, told by Shae years after the events.  It's not formatted…

3 months ago

Nightbloom

Nightbloom, is a new novel by Peace Adzo Medie, the author of His Only Wife. The stories centers around Selasi…

1 year ago

Honor, by Thrity Umrigar

In Honor, by Thrity Umrigar, an Indian-American journalist, Smita, returns to India after many, many years away. She thinks she's…

2 years ago

“Factory Girls” by Michelle Gallen

Factory Girls, by Michelle Gallen, takes ages to get moving -- the beginning is bleak, swear-heavy poverty p0rn. This is the…

2 years ago

His Only Wife

His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie At the beginning of His Only Wife, Afi leaves her village in Ghana, and…

4 years ago