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The Hopkins Review Complemented by exclusive web content, The Hopkins Review is a quarterly print journal published by Johns Hopkins University Press for the Writing Seminars at JHU. Subscribe for vital voices and…

This summer and always, we recommend reading @hopkinsreview.bsky.social, a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/General Excellence! #SummerReading hopkinsreview.com

Frighten the Horses | Grove Atlantic A textured, sharply written memoir about coming of age in the fourth decade of one’s life and embracing one’s truest self in a world...

As summer starts to wind down, be sure to pick up a copy of FRIGHTEN THE HORSES by Oliver Radclyffe (@groveatlantic.bsky.social)—a finalist for this year’s #FirecrackerAward in Creative Nonfiction! groveatlantic.com/book/frighte...

The Weganda Review The Weganda Review is a platform for writers, researchers, academics, artists and others whose thinking is worth sharing.

Looking for your next lit mag to read? We recommend The Weganda Review, a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/Best Debut! #SummerReading thewegandareview.org

Besaydoo | Milkweed Editions Due to warehouse maintenance, we are currently experiencing delays in shipping orders. Please select USPS Priority Mail if you have a timely need for your order. Thank you for your patience…

Don’t miss BESAYDOO by Yalie Saweda Kamara (@milkweededitions.bsky.social), a finalist for the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Poetry! #SummerReading milkweed.org/book/besaydoo

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Be sure to add Joyland Magazine—a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/General Excellence—to your #SummerReading list! joylandpublishing.com

Amphibian - Ig Publishing “[A] moving debut....Wetherall’s authentic coming-of-age story taps into the emotional intensity of girlhood and makes palpable her protagonists’ aching desire to lose their innocence. Readers will…

Be sure to read AMPHIBIAN by Tyler Wetherall (@igpublishing.bsky.social), a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Fiction! #SummerReading www.igpub.com/amphibian/

Spring / Summer 2025 Evergreen Review

Don’t miss reading @evergreenreview.bsky.social this summer! A finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/General Excellence, this lit mag is a great fit for any #SummerReading list: evergreenreview.com

We're Alone | Graywolf Press Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat’s childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We’re Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to…

Edwidge Danticat’s essay collection WE’RE ALONE (@graywolfpress.bsky.social), a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Creative Nonfiction, is another important book to add to your reading list! #SummerReading www.graywolfpress.org/books/were-a...

Short Reads Flash nonfiction, emailed every Wednesday.

Be sure to check out @short-reads.org, a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/Best Debut! #SummerReading www.short-reads.org

Obligations to the Wounded - University of Pittsburgh Press |9780822948360| Winner of the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize Longlist, 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction | Winner, Minnesota Book Awards of 2025 | Winner, 2025 CLMP Firecracker Award | Finalist,…

Looking for your next favorite book? We recommend OBLIGATIONS TO THE WOUNDED by Mubanga Kalimamukwento (@upittpress.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Fiction! #SummerReading upittpress.org/books/978082...

Trans & Non-binary Poetry & Hybrid Journal & Press | new words {press} new words {press} is a press elevating transgender & gender-expansive voices. Submit poetry, experimental poetry, & hybrid work.

This August, sit down with @newwordspress.bsky.social, a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/Best Debut! #SummerReading newwordspress.com

A Domestic Lookbook / JoAnne McFarland — Grid Books ISBN: 978-1-946830-21-0 A Domestic Lookbook converses with the text of Malinda Russell’s A Domestic Cook Book , the first known cookbook published by a Black woman in the United States.…

This summer and always, we recommend reading A DOMESTIC LOOKBOOK by JoAnne McFarland (Grid Books), a finalist for the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Poetry! www.grid-books.org/shop/a-domes...

Circumference Magazine A biannual magazine of translation and international culture, founded in 2003.

Looking for your next favorite lit mag? Sit down with @circumferencemag.bsky.social, winner of the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/General Excellence! #SummerReading circumferencemag.com

Becoming Little Shell | Milkweed Editions Due to warehouse maintenance, we are currently experiencing delays in shipping orders. Please select USPS Priority Mail if you have a timely need for your order. Thank you for your patience…

This summer, be sure to read BECOMING LITTLE SHELL: A LANDLESS INDIAN’S JOURNEY HOME by Chris La Tray (@milkweededitions.bsky.social), a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Creative Nonfiction: milkweed.org/book/becomin...

The World With Its Mouth Open - Tin House In eleven stories, The World With Its Mouth Open follows the inner lives of people in Kashmir as they walk the uncertain terrain of their days, fractured from years of war. From a shopkeeper’s…

#SummerReading alert: the short story collection THE WORLD WITH ITS MOUTH OPEN by Zahid Rafiq (@tinhouse.bsky.social) is a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Fiction! tinhouse.com/book/the-wor...

Mirror Nation, by Don Mee Choi By Don Mee Choi Description Reviews ***Winner of the 2025 CLMP Firecracker Award in Poetry***Elegiac and haunting, Mirror Nation by Don Mee Choi completes the KOR-US trilogy, along with Hardly…

Have you read Don Mee Choi’s MIRROR NATION yet? This poetry collection from Wave Books received the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Poetry and is a vital addition to any #SummerReading list: www.wavepoetry.com/products/mir...

Expanding your #SummerReading list? We recommend FIRE EATER: A TRANSLATOR’S THEOLOGY by Chloe Garcia Roberts (@coimpress.bsky.social)—a collection of poem-essays and a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Creative Nonfiction! www.coimpress.com/books/fire_e...

The Common: A Modern Sense of Place Fiction, essays, poetry, and more.

Lit mags make great additions to any #SummerReading list! Be sure to consider @commonmag.bsky.social, a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/General Excellence: www.thecommononline.org

FRUITSLICE LIMITED PRINT COPIES AVAILABLE NOW

We recommend adding Fruitslice—a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/Best Debut—to your #SummerReading list! www.thefruitslice.com

Medusa of the Roses | Grove Atlantic Sex, vengeance, and betrayal in modern day Tehran—Navid Sinaki’s bold and cinematic debut is a queer literary noir following Anjir, a morbid romantic and...

The next novel on your #SummerReading list: MEDUSA OF THE ROSES by Navid Sinaki (@groveatlantic.bsky.social), a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Fiction! groveatlantic.com/book/medusa-...

Consider the Rooster – Nightboat Books Consider the Rooster serves as an ode to a rooster’s crow, a catalyst for awakening, both literally and figuratively.

#SummerReading recommendation: CONSIDER THE ROOSTER by Oliver Baez Bendorf (Nightboat Books), a finalist for the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Poetry! nightboat.org/book/conside...

- Aster(ix) Journal Aster(ix) Journal is a well-curated selection of literature, art, and criticism.

Celebrate summer with @asterixjournal.bsky.social, a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/General Excellence! #SummerReading asterixjournal.com

FONO33 // Jaydra Johnson — LOW: Notes on Art and Trash (print; book) | Fonograf Editions $17.95

Sit down this month with LOW: NOTES ON ART & TRASH by Jaydra Johnson (@fonografeditions.bsky.social), winner of the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Creative Nonfiction! #SummerReading fonografeditions.com/catalog/fono...

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Literary magazines make excellent #SummerReading! We recommend @revelliterary.bsky.social, winner of the #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/Best Debut: revel-literary.com

Excited about #SummerReading? Consider the debut short story collection VAGUE PREDICTIONS & PROPHECIES by Daisuke Shen (@clashbooks.bsky.social), a finalist for the #FirecrackerAward in Fiction! bookshop.org/a/500/978196...

Cloud Missives - Tin House Intimate, dissecting, and liberating, Cloud Missives is a poetry collection of excavation and renewal. Like an anthropologist, Kenzie Allen reveals a life from what endures after tragedies and acts…

This summer be sure to read CLOUD MISSIVES by Kenzie Allen (@tinhouse.bsky.social), a finalist for the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Poetry! #SummerReading tinhouse.com/book/cloud-m...

A bright yellow graphic with fireworks, the cover of Low: Notes on Art & Trash by Jaydra Johnson, and text reading "Winner of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Creative Nonfiction.”

Congratulations to LOW: NOTES ON ART & TRASH by Jaydra Johnson, published by @fonografeditions.bsky.social, the winner of the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Creative Nonfiction! fonografeditions.com/catalog/fono...

A bright yellow graphic with fireworks, the cover of Circumference, and text reading "Winner of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/General Excellence.”

Congratulations to @circumferencemag.bsky.social, the winner of the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/General Excellence! circumferencemag.com

A bright yellow graphic with fireworks, the cover of Mirror Nation by Don Mee Choi, and text reading "Winner of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Poetry.”

Congratulations to MIRROR NATION by Don Mee Choi, published by Wave Books, the winner of the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Poetry! www.wavepoetry.com/products/mir...

A bright yellow graphic with fireworks, the cover of Revel, and text reading "Winner of the 2025 Firecracker Award in Magazines/Best Debut.”

Congratulations to @revelliterary.bsky.social, the winner of the 2025 #FirecrackerAward in Magazines/Best Debut! revel-literary.com