Kenya Moss-Dyme's Sick Xoxo is truly a sick sight to behold (and that's a compliment!). These varied stories center on themes of romance, relationships, sex, and human desire. What happens when we go too far in love? Bastardize intimacy? Moss-Dyme explores the concept here in juicy and terrifying ways.

The precursor to Hiser's 2024 Lessons My Trauma Taught Me, This Generational Curse Ends With Me is a memoir spilling onto the page all that the author has fought through. For those who have faced familial abuse and dysfunction, Hiser's book says, "I see you," "I believe you."

"Lessons My Trauma Taught Me" by Nicole Hiser is a testimonial for any women who has survived. For those once traumatized little girls who are now women wanting to live, Hiser reminds to keep fighting back, keep following your dreams, and to learn from each other.

Lil of a Lot (and then some) is a poetry collection releasing decades of Riggs's experiences, knowledge, and thoughts as a Black man enduring the United States. I describe this collection as a release due to the power and pang behind a lot of these pieces. I can feel Riggs letting it all go in his poetry.

"Journey Through My Journal" is exactly what its title suggests: a vulnerable, wild n' messy, and intentionally imperfect collection of poetry and prose-poems documenting Hodge's ponderings about life. This is Hodge's beginning form as a writer and it is a brave start.