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New-Release Roundup
March 2026
Recent book releases from Sun authors include a collection of dark tales set in small-town Indiana, poetry that wrestles with the sacred, and a memoirist’s reflections on caring for her parents in their final years. Pick one up today and support these wonderful writers.—Ed.
New-Release Roundup
February 2026
Recent book releases from Sun authors include a novelist’s chronicle of her mysterious illness, a fantasy set in the mountains of Appalachia, and a debut poetry collection. Pick one up today and support these wonderful writers.—Ed.
New-Release Roundup
January 2026
Recent book releases from Sun authors include an exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care, and a book of meditations on time, motherhood, and the ordinary beauty of everyday life. Pick one up today and support these wonderful writers.—Ed.
New-Release Roundup
October 2025
Recent book releases from Sun authors are as eclectic as the magazine itself. They include a book of essays about how we care for one another, a memoir about being released from prison, a collection of stories that combine the supernatural and the mundane, and a coffee-table book about klezmer musicians. Pick one up today and support these wonderful writers and artists.
New-Release Roundup
November 2024
The books put out by Sun authors over the last several months include a few out-of-the ordinary offerings, such as a collection of short stories about Alaska and a literary field guide that combines poetry with scientific notes. If you’d like a preview, you can read some poems and stories that first appeared in The Sun at the links provided.
New-Release Roundup
June 2024
The first half of 2024 has seen a variety of new publications by Sun authors—novels, poetry collections, essays, and memoirs. Keep reading to find descriptions of the books from their publishers, purchasing information, and links to some selections that first appeared in The Sun’s pages.
Making Luxury Out of Flat Soda
A Poem from Frederick Joseph’s New Collection
We are celebrating the release of Frederick Joseph’s first book of poetry, We Alive, Beloved, from Row House Publishing. Frederick’s new poetry collection seeks to find joy in moments of difficulty whether through illuminating the beauty of being Black, highlighting the hope that can be found in childhood or by sharing intimate truths revealed on a mental-health journey.
Two Possible Climate Futures
Excerpts from New Novels
Our January 2024 issue explores causes and effects—between species, life choices, and how we care for others—subjects that were also on the minds of two Sun contributors as they wrote their new debut novels. Nick Fuller Googins and Debbie Urbanski imagined very different futures for humanity in the wake of unchecked climate change. We are pleased to share online excerpts from both books.
After World
An Excerpt from Debbie Urbanski’s First Novel
Above the keyboard, mounted to the wall, there used to be a monitor in the cage. A viewer could, after transferring the appropriate number of vouchers, upload an image, which would appear on the monitor. The ape would study the image then play a song of remembrance. He could have been pounding random notes on the keys; whoever came up with this system framed it otherwise. They framed it as an animal choosing to remember humanity, similar to a prayer candle in a minor basilica’s back corner.
The Great Transition
An Excerpt from Nick Fuller Googins’s First Novel
Ever since her school project Emi has been asking why we did not act sooner. Her mother has an easier answer. She grew up protesting with her family. Blocking oil trains. As for me, what can I say? My parents were loving people. Resourceful. Intelligent. They knew what was happening. My mother pointed out how the goldenthread blossomed months before the pollinators arrived. And the loons that used to winter on our shores—how long since we’d heard their ghostly calls?
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