Megan Kamalei Kakimoto recommends
Extinction Capital of the World (2025)
Mariah Rigg
"Extinction Capital of the World is the queer ecological collection of my dreams. Liberated of the western constraint of linearity, these ten stories blissfully cast forward and loop back, attending to all the small and significant ways our choices reverberate across time, across landscapes, across species. Whether moving through the galleries of the Honolulu Museum of Art or navigating the open waters of Ka?iwi Channel, the characters of Rigg's world are as vibrant and diverse as the many species populating these pages. Extinction Capital of the World is incisive and deeply compassionate, and Rigg is an extraordinary storyteller."
The Only Sound is the Wind (2024)
Pascha Sotolongo
"Captivating. . . . Pascha Sotolongo has written a book that's simply exceptional, filled with startling, surreal, and utterly spectacular stories that demand to be savored."
