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Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother. Penguin Press New York 2022.

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We’re beyond thrilled to be featuring this work of art today and throughout the weekend. If you love poetry, prepare to be blown away by one of this year’s best. Check out the showering of praise below 👀

“Aesthetically complex yet emotionally accessible” - NPR

“Not since Emily Dickinson has poetry conveyed such an oceanic openness to the self’s quiet laceration and resilience.” - The Guardian

“There’s something about Vuong’s writing that demands all of your lungs. The succinct line arrangement and absence of full stops in poems such as 'Dear Rose' force you to breathe heavy…” The Observer

Wilder Girls Meets The Craft!

Need we say more? If you’re into spooky YA horror, check out My Dearest Darkest, by Kayla Cottingham - it’s also our newest Deal of the Day! Full scoop below!

'Fans of cult-classic film Jennifer's Body and similar scary tropes will revel in Cottingham's atmospheric, spine-tingling horror-romance.' — Booklist

'Cottingham's debut opens with a gut-wrenching first chapter and doesn't let up, juxtaposing vivid and unsettling horror with Sapphic teenage angst.' — Kirkus reviews

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If you’re a fan of Karen McManus, check out ’s 2021 debut YA Thriller, How We Fall Apart… ”an edge-of-your-seat drama set in the pressure-cooker world of academics and image at Sinclair Prep, where the past threatens the future these teens have carefully crafted for themselves. How We Fall Apart is the irresistible, addicting, Asian-American recast of Gossip Girl that we've all been waiting for.” - Bloomsbury