Intemperance: A Novel

Intemperance: A NovelIn this follow up to the critically acclaimed The Laughterwinner of the Washington State Book Awarda middle aged woman starts a firestorm when she holds a contest, based on an ancient Indian ritual, in which men must compete to win her affections. A woman who has left two husbands announces she will celebrate her 55th birthday by holding a swayamvar. Drawn from an ancient custom in her Indian culture, this is an event in which suitors line up to

America Is Not the Heart is a sprawling

even though his parents won't let him have one

ISBN: 0525541918

A powerful work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal of Native Americans onto treaty lands in the nation’s earliest days

feminist fantasy debut

and more siblings

Lupe's thinking about skipping ahead to college

Meka is used to death

Zaila Avant-garde

unleashing a series of events that will forever change Shaka’s sense of herself as a woman in the world

ripping past scar tissue and muscle

A blackout forces a young Indian American couple to make confessions that unravel their tattered domestic peace