Indie Bookseller Spotlight is a regular column listing new releases at Pittsburgh book shops. Support local businesses and find your next favorite read.
Sink by Joseph Earl Thomas (Grand Central Publishing)
Through a series of vignettes, this coming-of-age memoir details the author's struggle to survive his abusive upbringing. He escapes into pop culture, rising through the ranks as a Pokémon master.
Voyager: Constellations of Memory by Nona Fernandez (Graywolf Press)
Graywolf Press describes this work from a prominent Chilean author as weaving “astronomy and astrology, neuroscience and memory, family history and national history” into a “brief but intensely imagined autobiographical essay.”
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai (Penguin Random House)
The latest work from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows a woman who must confront her traumatic past when she’s invited to teach at her old boarding school.
Releasing Tue., Feb. 28:
Black Earth Wisdom by Leah Penniman (HarperCollins)
From the author of Farming While Black comes a collection of insights on environmentalism from author Alice Walker, musician Toshi Reagon, and many others.
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramirez (HarperCollins)
Take a feminist journey through the Middle Ages with a look at the era’s many incredible women who have been essentially erased from history books.
The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill (Macmillan)
This modern take on a Japanese folk tale finds its teen protagonist watching as her mother comes under the influence of a seemingly magical, six-foot-tall crane.
City Books. 908 Galveston Ave., North Side. citybookspgh.com
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