This week we review a cookbook to kick off the summer, 50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant's Love Letter to the United States Through Pie by Stacey Mei Yan Fong, "a welcome addition to any baker's library." Plus, And Then He Sang a Lullaby, the debut novel by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu and the inaugural title from the Roxane Gay Books imprint (read more about the imprint here); and When Clouds Touch Us, Thanhhà Lại's stand-alone sequel to Inside Out & Back Again, and featuring "the same kind of gorgeous prose and memorable moments" of its predecessor. And so many more!
In The Writer's Life, Rebeka Weatherspoon and Danielle Parker discuss the happy similarities in their YA stories: self-discovery, kind romantic partners, and happily ever afters. And we remember the late Cormac McCarthy.