From the bestselling author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit comes this amalgamation of memoir, cultural critique, and classic story. Here, Winterson uses the classic story of Shahrazad in One Thousand and One Nights to explore the ways fiction and stories work in our lives, how they define us, and how we define ourselves through them.

The Flower Bearers traces poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ lives, as a newlywed met with tragedy, and as a college student finding friends and her literary voice. In September 2021, Griffiths married novelist Salman Rushdie, and on the same day, but hundreds of miles away, her close friend Kamilah Aisha Moon died. Moon, also a poet, was supposed to speak at the wedding. After that day, Griffiths must reconcile the difference between who she was before her chosen sister died and who she is after.

C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost highlight key Black LGBTQ+ figures from history, emphasizing that queer Black people have always been part of the liberation movement throughout American history. This new entry in the Revisioning History series sheds light on how the Black queer community is often overlooked in history books. —Kendra Winchester

What happens when a driven millennial gives up on their ambitions? Amil Niazi delves into just that. Based on her popular essays, “Losing My Ambition” and “The Mindfuck of Mid-Life,” Niazi’s memoir examines her life through the lens of gender, race, and class, exploring the societal expectations she has experienced throughout her life. —Kendra Winchester