This Jewish-Latina-Chilean-American author has turned out a zinger of a collection that will raise eyebrows in some areas, gratitude in others, and ire among the perpetrators of the outrages she documents in these bitter poems. Sparse... Read More

Hoping to find a handsome, affluent husband, Fatima—a spinner by trade—joins her father on a trip to several islands in the Middle Sea. On the way to Crete, a violent storm destroys her father’s ship, killing everyone except... Read More