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ISSUE 42 DROPS MARCH 3

22 new books on migration, labor, legacy & the power of stories to challenge, heal & transform. This week’s lineup: Iranian exile, eerie open waters, fast-food alienation, student visa survival & Black womanhood’s deep imprints.

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Diversishelf Newsletter #41, 24 Feb 2025 Happy Monday and welcome back to Diversishelf!

More than a book list—this is a celebration of authors challenging the status quo & carving space for liberation.

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Here’s a sneak peek at what’s inside the Issue 41 books:
📖 Japanese Literary Fiction
✊ 3 Books with Anti-Colonialism Themes
🏳️‍🌈 A Sapphic Middle Grade Novel
🌍 2 Translated Literary Fiction Books
💙 An Achillean Coming-of-Age Novel
🖤 3 Books by Black & Queer Authors
📜 A Queer Iranian Memoir

✨ ISSUE 41 IS LIVE! ✨

This week, Diversishelf brings you 9 new stories of resilience, resistance, and reclamation. These new and upcoming releases refuse erasure—centering Black & queer authors, anti-colonial narratives, and radical imagination. 💙📚

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Plus, our book club is reading Border and Rule by Harsha Walia in February. Join us here: shorturl.at/t4Xok

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ISSUE 41 DROPS FEB 24

11 new release books that deserve a place on our shelves. Next week’s lineup: queer Black survival, Jamaican legacy, desire & power, & a subversive thriller.

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What can you expect from the books in Issue 40? Queer joy, aro/ace poetry, sapphic gothic chills, Korean short stories, anti-fascist themes, and more.

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Issue 40 of Diversishelf is LIVE, highlighting 11 bold new and upcoming books dropping this week ✨ every title pulses with resistance, identity, and liberation.

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Plus, our book club is reading Harsha Walia's Border and Rule. There's still time to join us! We hope to see you there.

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Our newest issue drops tomorrow, featuring 11 diverse new books amplifying queer joy, radical truths & voices you need on your shelf.

Expect sapphic gothic horror, anti-fascist themes, aro/ace poetry, and more. Here's a peek at some of the titles in store.

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Every Monday, we release a new issue on Medium, featuring that week’s new diverse book releases. Each title is thoroughly vetted to ensure alignment with our values. We also provide purchase links to our Bookshop.org storefront, where you can support, the authors and indie bookshops.

🌈 Why We Do It:
Reading diversely matters. It gives us perspectives, empathy, compassion & solidarity. Reading is political, and the books we choose to spend our time & money on make a statement. We are dedicated to aligning our political values & our reading choices and helping others do the same.

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