Sign up to our emails and be the first to know about new releases, special offers and more.
Become a Readings Member to make your shopping experience even easier. Sign in or sign up for free!
Hello Readings Member! Go to the member centre to view your orders, change your details, or view your lists, or sign out.
Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Angie Cruz
From the author of the Women's Prize-shortlisted Dominicana comes an inventive, funny and deeply moving new novel about a Dominican-American woman who has lost her job, her son, and her…
In stock at 2 shops, ships in 3-4 daysIn stock at 2 shops
A poignant and nuanced portrait of a Dominican teenager’s arranged marriage and immigration to New York City in the 1960s
Playing the geuira reminds Angaelica of the people she loves and misses, especially her grandfather in the Dominican Republic.
Available to order, ships in approx 2 weeksAvailable to order
For whom do we become malleable? When do we break? When do we bend? These are some of the questions being asked and explored by 12 writers who were invited…
Available to order, ships in 7-14 daysAvailable to order
Angie Milan Cruz
I dedicated my life's long dream to becoming an author. I knew I had writing skills, but I was afraid I would get rejected by a publishing company. When I…
From the author of Soledad comes the sweeping story of immigrants from the Dominican Republic who come to Nueva York for their slice of the American dream.
Aster(ix) is a laboratory, a space where women writers of color can play and experiment. We celebrate our 10th anniversary with a double best-of issue; this issue will feature Fiction…
From the beloved author of Dominicana, a GMA Book Club Pick and Women's Prize Finalist, an electrifying and indelible new novel about a woman who has lost everything but the…
Available to order, ships in approx 4 weeksAvailable to order
My mother loved the moon and would talk to me of their kinship, of her endless respect for the big pale planet and its pull. At night she’d stay out…
In bright, musical prose that reflects the energy of New York City, Cruz’s Dominicana is a vital portrait of the immigrant experience and the timeless coming-of-age story of a young…
From a talented young Dominican-American writer comes an evocative and funny debut novel about what happens when you take the woman out of the old neighborhood but can’t take the…
A poignant and nuanced portrait of a Dominican teenager’s arranged marriage and immigration to New York City in the 1960s.
From the author of the Women’s Prize-shortlisted Dominicana comes an inventive, funny and deeply moving new novel about a Dominican-American woman who has lost her job, her son, and her…
Available to order, ships in 5-9 daysAvailable to order
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE - A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW NOTABLE BOOK - REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER
From GMA BOOK CLUB PICK and WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST…
An evocative story of family from the Women’s Prize shortlisted author of Dominicana
A sweeping novel about love, loss and family from the Women’s Prize shortlisted author of Dominicana
Aster(ix) presents, Best of Kweli, a compilation of 20 of the best prose and poems published in Kweli Journal (an online-only journal of experimental African American literature) in the past…
Aster(ix) is a laboratory, a space where women writers of color can play and experiment. We celebrate our 10th anniversary with a double best-of issue; this issue will feature Poetry…
This issue was anchored by a conversation we had with Sandra Cisneros when she visited Pittsburgh. All the pieces air some dirty laundry. All the pieces in some way share…
Atravesando features nineteen writers who reveal to us what we trade when we love or are made to love, when we move or are forced to move and how it…
Edges: An Aster(ix) Anthology features writers, both established and emerging, whose prose and poetry embraces the themes of establishing, breaking, and defying edges. she stares at the world, takes it…
Aster(ix) Journal’s Winter 2018 Issue, (Un)bound: Five Years of Asterisms, collects our favorite writing from the Asterisms section of the online journal, writing that embodies the spirit of Aster(ix) five…
I simply decided once and for all… to liberate myself from the anxiety of notoriety… thanks to this decision, I have gained a space of my own, a space that…
What We Love arose from enacting a conversation, by bringing more voices to the table, where we are creating a home with good bones and impeccable intentions, so Aster(ix) can…
A tale of two Pop artists in 1960s New York
This book charts the emergence of Marisol Escobar (1930-2016) and Andy Warhol (1928-87) in New York during the dawn of…
Available to order, ships in 10-14 daysAvailable to order
Commemorating Sarah Sze’s new permanent site-specific commission at Storm King Art Center
Published to contextualize Sarah Sze’s (born 1969) outdoor work Fallen Sky and the accompanying installation Fifth Season at…
This new Latino literary collection brings together twenty-four engaging narratives written by Dominican women and women of Dominican descent living in the United States. The first volume of its kind…
