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    April Preview: The Millions Most Anticipated (This Month)

    by Editor Apr 06, 2023 6 minutes

    We wouldn’t dream of abandoning our vast biannual Most Anticipated Book Previews, but we thought a monthly reminder would be helpful (and give us a chance to note titles we missed the first time around). Here’s what we’re looking out for in April:

    This Is Not Miami by Fernanda Melchor, translated by Sophie Hughes

    Taking place in and around the Mexican city of Veracruz, this collection of crónicas—narrative nonfiction pieces that blend reportage with novelistic structures—explores the criminal underworld, shedding light on social problems that manifest in gory headlines. As in her novels Paradais and Hurricane Season, Melchor draws empathetic portraits of deeply unsympathetic figures, forcing her readers to understand the mindsets of monstrous characters. —TB

    Chain Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

    Ever since the moment I finished Adjei-Brenyah’s surreal, satirical, and original debut story collection, , I’ve been not-so-patiently waiting for whatever he wrote next. In his upcoming debut novel, two female gladiators fight to the death for their freedom on the hugely popular and controversial TV show, , which airs on

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