New releases

LEDA’S DAUGHTERS by K. Avvirin Berlin, winner of the 2023 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize. More details here.
TRANSPLANT: A MEMOIR by Bernardine Watson, 2023 Washington Writers’ Publishing House Nonfiction Prize-winner.
Named one of the ‘5 over 50 Debuts’ by Poets & Writers Magazine!
Named one of the NPR Books We Love in 2023!
“Dine says she wrote the book in part to raise awareness about kidney disease and the needs of the less fortunate among us. That and the love story make
it well worth the read.”—Washington Post, October 2023
More details here.
BAD QUESTIONS by Len Kruger, Winner of the Washington Writers’ Publishing House’s 2023 Fiction Award.
“A remarkable job…Perhaps there are no good answers to bad questions — only a continuous ‘coming of age’ one granting small mercies to those we lose and to the teenager each of us leaves behind.—Washington Independent Review of Books, October 2023
 “Novels that are funny and truly sad are rare, but Washington metro area writer Len Kruger’s Bad Questions is one…” –Washington City Paper, October 2023
More details here.
Aguas/Waters by Miguel Avero, translated by Jona Colson,
our premier selection in the WWPH Translation Series.
Now available for pre-order! Official publication date May 16, 2024.
Join us at our launch events in July with Miguel Avero and Jona Colson.
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