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Chilaquiles

Tortilla chips tossed with salsa roja, topped with cheeze, queso, birria beef, remoulade, avocado, scallions, parmesan. (Can get dry, without salsa roja.) (Gluten-free; contains cashews)

I'm on a Jalapeno Boat

Jalapeo boats stuffed with queso, cheeze, birria beef, scallions, coconut bacon, parmesan. (Gluten-free; contains cashews + coconut)

Cheezy Quesadilla

Cashew cheeze, birria "beef," and pickled onions toasted in a flour tortilla. Served with salsa. (contains cashews + soy)

Roasted Carrots

Roasted carrots tossed with maple syrup and ginger. (Nut-free, gluten-free.)

Home Fries

Baked home fried potatoes.

Side Salad

Green leaf lettuce with farmhouse ranch dressing, pickled onions, tomatoes, and pepitas.

Great Lakes Nachos

Cheeze, birria beef, pickled jalapeos, queso, salsa, scallions, bacon, remoulade over tortilla chips. GF (contains cashews, coconut + soy)

Queso Dip

Warm queso, bacon, scallions, chips. GF (Contains cashews + coconut)

Falafel Appetizer

Falafels, red pepper spread. GF NF

Munchies Appetizer

Havarti, cucumber, red pepper spread, chips. GF (Contains cashews)

Mozzarella Caprese

Sliced mozzarella cheeze, tomatoes, almond pesto. GF (contains cashews + almonds)

Mac & Cheeze (Gluten-free)

Gluten-free pasta tossed with buffalo queso and shredded cashew cheeze. (contains cashews + soy)

Buffalo Queso Dip (Gluten-free)

House-made buffalo queso served warm, topped with coconut bacon, and served with tortilla chips. GF (contains cashews, soy + coconut)

Authentic Midwestern Appetizer Platter (Gluten-free)

Two Mac & Cheeze Balls, two Samosas Dorados, and chips with hummus and salsa. Gluten-free (contains cashews + soy)

Mac & Cheeze Balls (Gluten-free)

Gluten-free mac & cheeze, breaded + baked. Served with a side of remoulade. Gluten-free (contains cashews + soy)

Samosas Dorados (Gluten-free)

Spiced potatoes, onions, and peas wrapped in corn tortillas and toasted. Served with mint-cilantro chutney. Gluten-free, Soy-free, Nut-free.

Buffalo Mac and Cheese (Gluten-free)

Gluten-free rotini tossed in Buffalo queso. Contains cashews.

Pimento Cheeze Dip

A ray of North Florida sunshine. House-made pimento cheeze, served cold with tortilla chips and veggies. GF SF (contains cashews)

Creamy Artichoke Dip

Served warm with tortilla chips. Gluten-free! Contains cashews + soy.

Randy Mac n Cheeze Tortuga

Buffalo mac and cheese with soy beef, pickled jalapenos and onions, wrapped in a tortilla and baked. Served with salsa. (Contains cashews + soy.)

Hawaiian Pizza Tortuga

Seitan "ham," pineapple, shredded cashew cheeze, pickled onions, and marinara sauce wrapped in a flour tortilla and heated. (contains cashews + soy)

Farmhaus Breaded Tofu Tortuga

Breaded and baked tofu (get it SPICY and tossed in our Smoky Dojo Hot Sauce, BBQ and tossed in our Barbecue sauce, or REGULAR), coconut bacon, tomatoes, pickled onions, and farmhaus ranch dressing wrapped in a flour tortilla and toasted. (contains cashews + coconut)

BBQ Pulled Jackfruit Tortuga

Pulled jackfruit slow-roasted in our house barbecue sauce with sauteed green peppers, shredded cashew cheeze, pickled banana peppers, and pickled onions. Served with a side of slaw and buffalo queso. (contains cashews)

Walnut Chorizo & Cactus Tortuga

Walnut chorizo, tender cactus, shredded cheeze, pickled onions and jalapenos. Served with side of Queso. (contains cashews, walnuts + soy)

Pasta Puttanesca Tortuga

Walnut chorizo, capers, pickled onions, jalapenos, sauteed peppers, marinara, shredded cashew cheeze, and noodles wrapped in a tortilla. Served with almond pesto dipping sauce. (contains walnuts, almonds + cashews)

Char Siu Barbecue Mushroom Tortuga

Mushrooms sauteed in char siu barbecue sauce, pickled onions and jalapenos, and shredded cashew cheeze. Served with ranch dressing. (contains cashews + soy)

Tingas de Zanahoria Tortuga

Shredded carrots simmered in chipotle tingas sauce, with shredded cashew cheeze, pickled onions and jalapenos, folded in a flour tortilla and toasted.

Asian Fusion Tortuga

Marinated mushrooms, walnut pate, scallions, cilantro, shredded cashew cheeze, pickled onions and jalapenos, folded into a flour tortilla and toasted with everything bagel seasoning on top. Served with a side of sweet chili aioli. (contains cashews + walnuts)

Samosa Tortuga

Spiced potatoes, onions, peas, shredded cheeze, pickled onions and jalapenos. Served with mint-cilantro chutney. (contains cashews) Soy-free

Mushroom Steak & Onion Tortuga

Pulled oyster mushrooms and onions with potatoes, shredded cashew cheeze, pickled onion and jalapenos. Served with farmhouse ranch dressing. (contains cashews + soy)

Mexxxy Vaquero Tortuga

Burger patty in a flour tortilla with cheeze, avocado, pickled onions, tortilla chips and salsa, topped with enchilada sauce, slaw, and queso. (contains cashews)

Falafel Tortuga

Falafel, red pepper spread, slaw, cucumber, havarti, pickled onion + jalapeo, ranch side. Served with salad or homefries. (Contains cashews)

Cityhouse Burger

Burger with havarti, pickled onions + jalapeos, remoulade, tomato, avocado. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews)

Pambazo Burger

Burger with queso, salsa, slaw, remoulade, cilantro on a toasted bun dipped in hot sauce. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews)

Sub-Conscious Burger

Burger patties, cheeze, pickled onion, tomato, lettuce, bacon, remoulade on a hoagie bun. Choice of side. (contains cashews + coconut)

Pambazo

Mexico City-style wet sandwich: hoagie bun dipped in hot sauce, walnut chorizo + potatoes, queso, salsa, avocado, remoulade, parmesan. Choice of side. (Contains cashews + walnuts.)

Bandito Burrito

Choice of Walnut Chorizo + Potatoes or Birria Beef, queso, cheeze, homefries, salsa, vinegar slaw, wrapped in flour tortilla. Choice of side. (Contains cashews + walnuts.)

Tacos Hermanos (Gluten-Free)

Choice of Walnut Chorizo + Potatoes or Birria Beef, queso, pickled onion, remoulade, cilantro on corn tortillas. Choice of side. (Gluten-free; contains cashews + walnuts.)

Tortilla Salad

Greens tossed with farmhouse ranch dressing, vinegar slaw, topped with birra beef, tomatoes, pickled onions, pepitas, crumbled tortilla chips, cheeze, parmesan, and avocado. (Gluten-free; contains cashews)

Optimal Living Enchiladas Plate (Gluten-Free)

Your choice of seasoned Lentil Beef, Walnut Sausage, or Barbecue Jackfruit with pickled jalapenos, shredded cashew cheeze, quinoa, and a roasted garlic enchilada sauce. Topped with buffalo queso, slaw, and aioli. (contains cashews + soy)

Asian Fusion Tacos (Gluten-free)

Marinated mushrooms, walnut pate, fresh scallions + cilantro, pickled radish, & sweet chili aioli on corn tortillas. Served with chips + salsa. GF (contains walnuts)

Mushroom Steak Mac & Cheeze (Gluten-free)

Mushroom steak + onions served over buffalo mac and cheeze, topped with slaw, salsa, and remoulade. GF (contains cashews + soy)

Burrito Bowl (Gluten-free)

Choice of Walnut Chorizo + Potatoes or Birria Beef, over homefries, greens, queso, shredded cheeze, remoulade, vinegar slaw, avocado, salsa, pickled onion, and crumbled tortilla chips. (Gluten-free; contains cashews + walnuts.)

Not Just a Salad (Gluten-free)

Greens, roasted carrots, cheeze, vinegar slaw, coconut bacon, tomato, avocado, pepitas, parmesan, ranch. (Gluten-free; contains cashews + coconut.)

Coconut Bacon, "Egg" & Cheeze Tortuga

Veggie scramble, cheeze, coconut bacon, and pickled onions loaded in a tortilla and toasted, then topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with salad + home fries. (contains cashews, coconut + soy)

Walnut Sausage, "Egg" & Cheeze Tortuga

Scramble, walnut sausage, pickled onions, cheeze, topped with hollandaise sauce and everything bagel seasoning. Served with salad and homefries. (contains cashews + walnuts)

Chilaquiles (Gluten-free)

Tortilla chips roasted in enchilada sauce, served over a bed of quinoa and topped with scramble, queso, salsa, and aioli. (contains cashews) GF

Cheezy Breakfest Sandwich

Scramble, coconut bacon, sliced cashew cheeze, cream cheeze, scallions and maple dojo aioli on sliced brioche. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews + coconut)

Pancake Tacos, For Real (Gluten-free)

Corn tortillas toasted in french toast batter, topped with shredded cheeze, scramble, aioli, and coconut bacon. Served with salad or homefries. (Gluten-free; contains cashews)

Brunch Nachos (Gluten-free)

Tortilla chips topped with scramble, shredded cashew cheeze, coconut bacon, pickled jalapenos, salsa, buffalo queso, and hollandaise sauce drizzle. (Gluten-free; contains coconut, cashews + soy)

French Toast

French toast, topped with berry compote and powdered sugar. Served with homefries and scramble.

Vegan Meat-Lovers Breakfast Burrito

Scramble, cheeze, potatoes, walnut sausage, and salsa in a flour tortilla and toasted El Dorado style. Served with salad or home fries. (contains cashews + coconut)

New Breakfest Tacos (Gluten-free)

Scramble, walnut sausage, shredded cheeze, scallions, salsa, and aioli on corn tortillas. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews + walnuts)

Carrot Lox Benedict

Toasted brioche topped with scramble, hollandaise sauce, carrot lox, coconut bacon, and everything bagel seasoning. Served with salad and homefries. (contains coconut) Nut-Free

Gary's Slamwich

Gary is Dennys athletic vegan brother. Scramble, coconut bacon, sliced cashew cheeze, potatoes, scallions, and hollandaise sauce on sliced brioche. Served with salad or homefries. (contains walnuts + cashews)

Breakfast PAMBAZO Sandwich

Mexico City-style wet sandwich! Brioche hoagie bun dipped in hot sauce and toasted, filled with walnut sausage, potatoes, slaw, salsa, and hollandaise sauce. Served with salad or homefries. (contains walnuts)

Terrys Holiday Weekend Auto-Reply Skillet (Gluten-free)

Walnut chorizo, scramble, cheeze, salsa, jalapeos, peppers, and queso served over a bed of potatoes! (contains cashews + walnuts)

Italian Walnut Sausage Sandwich

Walnut sausage, mozzarella cheeze, ricotta, tomato, and almond pesto on sliced brioche. Served with salad or homefries. (contains almonds, cashews + walnuts)

Provincetown Theater Tortuga

Scramble, roasted tomatoes, almond pesto, walnut sausage, and cheeze in a tortilla, topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with salad and homefries. (contains cashews, almonds + walnuts)

Biscuits & Shiitake Mushroom Gravy

Haus-made drop biscuits, topped with shiitake mushroom gravy and walnut sausage. Served with salad and homefries. (contains walnuts)

French Toast Sandwich

Scramble, cream cheeze, coconut bacon, scallions, and maple-dojo aioli on sliced brioche French toast. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews + coconut)

Chadtucket on the Back Nine Tortuga

Scramble, coconut bacon, cheeze, avocado in a tortilla and toasted, then topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with salad and homefries. (contains cashews, coconut + soy)

Wakey Wakey Eggs & Bakey French Toast Sammy

Scramble, coconut bacon, sliced cheeze, maple dojo aioli, scallions on French Toasted brioche. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews + coconut)

Geriatric Millennial Benedict

Sliced avocado, scramble, coconut bacon, and hollandaise on brioche slider buns with scallions and paprika. Served with salad and home fries. (contains soy + coconut)

West Coast Breakfast Burrito

Scramble, coconut bacon, cheeze, potatoes, queso + cilantro, and avocado in a flour tortilla, smothered in enchilada sauce. Served with salad or home fries. (contains coconut + cashews)

Cheezy Chorizo Tacos (Gluten-free)

Walnut chorizo, queso drizzle, shredded cheeze, salsa, and fresh cilantro on corn tortillas. Served with salad or homefries. (Gluten-free; contains soy, cashews + walnuts)

Banh Mi Op La

Asian marinated mushrooms with walnut pate, cilantro sprigs, pickled vegetables and hollandaise on a brioche bun. Served with salad or homefries. (contains walnuts)

Brunch Enchiladas (Gluten-free)

Deconstructed enchiladas, with quinoa, sauteed peppers, pickled jalapenos, walnut chorizo, scramble, and cheeze between corn tortillas, smothered with enchilada sauce, topped with queso, salsa, pinch of slaw + aioli. Served with salad.

Mushroom Steak & Eggs Hoagie

Mushroom steak, scramble, hollandaise, and cashew cheeze on a brioche hoagie bun. Served with salad or homefries. (contains soy + cashews)

Bun-scuits & Mushroom Gravy

Brioche slider buns with veggie scramble, mushroom gravy and walnut sausage. Served with salad + homefries. (contains soy + walnuts)

Kimchi Breakfast Tacos (Gluten-Free)

Scramble, hollandaise, kimchi, almond crema, scallions, cilantroand everything bagel seasoning on corn tortillas. Served withsalad or homefries. (contains soy + almonds)

Happy Little Treats Croissant

Warm croissant served with sides of almond crema. (contains almonds)

Kimchi Hoagie

Breaded eggplant, kimchi, almond crema, scallions, cucumber, cilantrosprigs on a brioche hoagie bun. Served with salad or homefries

Oyster Mushroom Carnitas Taquitos (Gluten-free)

3 Taquitos stuffed with shredded marinated oyster mushrooms, topped with queso, cilantro-lime aioli, and side of salsa. Served with salad and homefries. (contains cashews + soy)

Buenos Das Breakfast Tacos

Veggie scramble, roasted poblano peppers, pickled radish and onions, shredded cheeze, and almond crema on corn tortillas. Served with chips + salsa. (contains cashews, almonds, + soy) Gluten-Free!

Smoky Carrot Lox & Good Ohio Apple Tartine

Smoky carrot lox, scallion cream cheeze, pickled onion, capers, and sliced apple, served open-faced on toasted brioche bread. (contains cashews + soy)

Albondigas

Lentil and eggplant meatballs, with enchilada sauce, sauteed veggies, shredded cashew cheeze, slaw, salsa, and aioli, served over quinoa. (contains cashews + soy)

Mushrooms & Bchamel

Oyster + crimini mushrooms sauteed in garlic butter served over an open-faced brioche hoagie bun, topped with creamy, cheezy bchamel sauce. Served with salad and homefries. (Soy-free.)

Char Siu Mushroom Tacos

Char siu barbecue mushrooms, salsa, shredded cheeze, slaw, and aioli on corn tortillas. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews) Gluten-free!

Sheboygan-Style Hamloaf for Your Dining Pleasure

Flavor-packed lentil hamloaf served with scramble and topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with homefries and salad. (contains soy) Nut-free!

Chorizo & Nopales Tostadas

Two crispy corn tortillas topped with walnut chorizo, tender cactus, mango relish, slaw, salsa, and almond crema. Served with salad or homefries. (contains almonds, cashews + walnut) Gluten-free!

Artichoke Dip*

*limited time offer! (served with tortilla chips)

Bulgogi Mushroom Bibimbap (Gluten-free)

Fresh oyster/shiitake mushrooms in a bulgogi marinade served over warm rice with an assortment of pickled and fresh veg, including kimchi, pickled daikon radish, julienned carrots, sesame spinach, and mung bean sprouts, served with a special bibimbap sauce, topped with haus-made fried egg + toasted sesame seeds. (contains peanuts, soy + sesame seeds)

Bulgogi Mushroom Hoagie

Fresh oyster/shiitake mushrooms in a bulgogi marinade, topped with fresh scallions, pickled radish, mung bean sprouts and aioli on a toasted hoagie bun. Served with salad or homefries. NF (contains soy + peanuts)

Buen Da Tostadas (Gluten-free)

Scramble, queso, shredded cheeze, slaw, and cilantro-lime aioli on chia-nopales tostadas. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews + soy) GF!

Heart of Palm Ceviche (Gluten-free)

Heart of palm ceviche with tortilla chips.

Oyster Mushroom Taquitos (Gluten-free)

Two marinated oyster mushrooms taquitos with queso, slaw, salsa and cilantro aioli. (contains cashews + soy)

Cheezy Gordita

Flour tortilla loaded with queso, with a hard shell corn tortilla filled with soy beef, cheeze, cilantro aioli, shredded lettuce and onion. (contains cashews + soy)

Street Tacos (Gluten-free)

Choice of Mushroom Carnitas or Chicharrones Prensado (mushroom/nopales/hibiscus) on 6 corn tortillas, topped with pickled watermelon radish, almond crema, diced white onion, and cilantro.(contains soy + almonds)

Street Tacos PLATE (Gluten-free)

Choice of Mushroom Carnitas or Chicharrones Prensado (mushroom/nopales/hibiscus) on 6 corn tortillas, topped with pickled watermelon radish, almond crema, diced white onion, and cilantro. Plate served with 2 tacos and salad and homefries. (contains soy + almonds)

Street Torta

Choice of Mushroom Carnitas or Chicharrones Prensado (mushroom/nopales/hibiscus) with cheeze, cilantro aioli, refried beans, avocado, pickled jalapeno, lettuce and onions. Served with salad or homefries. (contains soy + cashews)

Mexxxy Breakfast Burrito

Scramble, soy beef, cheeze, avocado, almond crema, refried beans, and salsa loaded in a flour tortilla and toasted. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews, soy + almonds)

Tortilla Salad (Gluten-free)

Soy beef, avocado, tortilla strips, shredded cheeze, pickled radishes, and tomatoes with chipotle ranch dressing. (contains soy)

Kimchi Breakfast Bowl (Gluten-free)

Kimchi, scramble, potatoes, aioli, fresh cilantro and scallions served over a bed of quinoa.(Nut-free. Gluten-free.)

Nu Breakfast Sammy

Veggie scramble, scallion cream cheeze, sliced mozzarella, avocado, coconut bacon, everything bagel seasoning on sliced brioche. Served with salad or homefries. (contains coconut + cashews)

Brunch Tacos (Gluten-free)

Scramble, scallion cream cheeze, avocado, shredded mozzarella, everything bagel seasoning, and coconut bacon on corn tortillas. Served with salad or homefries. (contains coconut + cashews)

Huevos Rancheros (Gluten-free)

Scramble, shredded cheeze, warm salsa, slaw, queso, coconut bacon, and fresh scallions and cilantro over corn tortillas. Served with salad or homefries. (contains coconut + cashews)

Horchata

Made in house, served hot or color with choice of plant-based milk. Add mocha (+$0.5) or espresso (+$1).

Island No Crab Cakes Benedict

Artichoke crab cakes on toasted brioche, with scramble, hollandaise, and pineapple chow. Served with salad and homefries. NF

Brunch Banh Mi Op La Tortuga

Scramble, soy pork, mushroom-pecan pate, pickled onions and jalapenos, diced cucumbers, and vinegar slaw in a flour tortilla, topped with hollandaise sauce and fresh cilantro. Served with homefries and salad. (contains walnuts)

Cheezy Breakfast Gordita Crunch

Warm pita slathered with queso, filled with a hard-shell corn tortilla, topped with scramble, cheeze, remoulade, slaw, pickled onion, and coconut bacon. Served with homefries or salad. (contains cashews + coconut)

Walnut Chorizoo & Papas Pambazo

Mexico City-style wet sandwich. Walnut chorizo and potatoes on a hoagie bun dipped in hot sauce and toasted, with queso, pickled onion, salsa, remoulade, and parmesan cheeze. Served with salad or homefries. (contains cashews + walnuts)

Walnut Chorizo & Papas, Egg & Cheeze Tortuga

Scramble, walnut chorizo + potatoes, pickled jalapenos, and cheeze, topped with hollandaise sauce. Served with salad and homefries. (contains cashews + walnuts)

Vegan Meat-Lovers Breakfast Sandwich

Scramble, cheeze, walnut sausage, coconut bacon, sliced tomato, pickled onions, and remoulade on sliced toasted brioche. Served with salad or home fries. (contains cashews, walnut + coconut)

Breakfast Bowl (Gluten-free)

Bed of potatoes topped with scramble, hollandaise sauce, shredded cheeze, scallions, salsa, coconut bacon, pickled jalapenos, remoulade, and crumbled tortilla chips. (contains cashews + coconut; gluten-free)

House Coffee

Colombian el Progresso medium roast.

Latte

Hot or iced. Double espresso with choice of milk. Milk options: oat, almond, soy milk. Flavored syrup options: hazelnut, lavender, marshmallow, mocha, apple, smore, vanilla.

Cold Brew

Colombian el Progresso medium roast. 24-hour cold brew.

Chai Latte

Hot or iced. Flavorful haus-made chai with choice of milk.

Hibiscus Iced Tea

Tart, refreshing, hint of sweetness.

Shrub

Raspberry + Lemon balm shrub mixed with club soda

IBC Root Beer

Litt Kombucha

12oz can of Ginger-Lemon Litt Kombucha.

Ranch Dressing

Side of house-made vegan ranch dressing.

Smoky Dojo Hot Sauce

Side of house-made hot sauce.

Remoulade

Side of house-made remoulade.

Queso

Side of house-made queso. (contains cashews)

Us Fools, by Nora Lange

"Langes style is complex and comedic For a debut novel, it is quite remarkable.Jane Smiley, Los Angeles TimesA tragicomic, intimate American story of two precocious sisters coming of age during the Midwestern farm crisis of the 1980s.Joanne and Bernadette Fareown are raised on their family farm in rural Illinois, keenly affected by their parents volatile relationship and mounting financial debt, haunted by the cursed history of the women in their family. Largely left to their own devices, the sisters educate themselves on Greek mythology, feminism, and Virginia Woolf, realizing they must find unique ways to cope in these antagonistic conditions, questioning the American Dream as the rest of the country abandons their community in crisis.As Jo and Bernies imaginative solutions for escape come up short against their parents realities, the family leaves their farm for Chicago, where Joannefree-spirited, reckless, and unable to tame her inner violencerebels in increasingly desperate ways. After her worst breakdown yet, Jo goes into exile in Deadhorse, Alaska, and it is up to Bernadette to use all shes learned from her sister to revive a sense of hope against the backdrop of a failing world.With her debut novel, Nora Lange has crafted a rambunctious, ambitious, and heart-rending portrait of two idiosyncratic sisters, determined to persevere despite the worst that capitalism and their circumstances has to throw at them.

Pages of Mourning, by Diego Gerard Morrison

"Reminiscent of the best passages in Roberto Bolaos The Savage Detectives. Morrison has written the next chapter in the Magical-Realist-Surrealist-Realist-Infrarealist lineage, a suspensefulwhat else, after all, does a wait consist of?entry into the canon of the Mexican present."Sean McCoy, The Brooklyn RailPages of Mourning is a stunning achievement, a pioneering and inventive novel that confronts family history, creativity, Magical Realism, and the impact of violence from Mexicos drug war, by a magnificent new talent in Diego Gerard Morrison.Its 2017 and the crisis of forced disappearances has reached a tipping point after 43 docent students disappeared and are feared dead. Aureliano Ms the Second is a fledgling writer at a lucrative fellowship in Mexico City chaired by his aunt, Rose. When Aureliano was very young, his mother left without reason or trace. Aureliano is attempting to write a novel that mirrors his mothers unexplained disappearance while shattering Magical Realism as a genre in the process. It doesnt help though, that hes named after the protagonist of a touchstone of the Magical Realist canon, and raised in the mythical town of Comala.Aureliano searches for insight and closure from his father and from Rose, who grappled with his mothers disappearance through a failed novel of her own. Their stories lead back to the 1980s and the burgeoning drug trade, as Rose and Aurelianos mother journey as young runaways throughout the Mexican countryside. Meanwhile, Aurelianos addictions and the overwhelming burden of the past threaten his tenuous position at the fellowship, just as a deadly earthquake strikes Mexico City on the exact same date as a legendary earthquake struck in 1985.Pages of Mourning is a daring, captivating, darkly funny novel that grapples with uncertainty and loss in a land of violence and superstition, while questioning whether Magical Realism as a genre is capable of confronting the brutal dissonance of a country that awaits the return of the missing while not wholly acknowledging their death. Monumental, lyrical, and engrossing, Pages of Mourning is a towering accomplishment by one of the most exciting new writers at work today.

The Only Ones, by Carola Dibbell

"A debut novel on par with some of the best speculative fiction of the past 30 years; The Only Ones deserves to be shelved alongside Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring, and P. D. James' The Children of Men. It's that good, and that important, and that heartbreakingly beautiful."Jason Heller, NPRInez wanders a post-pandemic world, strangely immune to disease, making her living by volunteering as a test subject. She is hired to provide genetic material to a grief-stricken, affluent mother, who lost all four of her daughters within four short weeks. This experimental genetic work is policed by a hazy network of governmental Ethics committees, and threatened by the Knights of Life, religious zealots who raze the rural farms where much of this experimentation is done.When the mother backs out at the last minute, Inez is left responsible for the product, which in this case is a baby girl, Ani. Inez must protect Ani, who is a scientific breakthrough, keeping her alive, dodging authorities and religious fanatics, and trying to provide Ani with the chilldhood tha Inez never had, which means a stable home and an education.With a stylish voice, The Only Ones is a time-old story, tender and iconic, about how much we love our children, however they come, as well as a sly commentary on class, politics, and the complexities of reproductive technology.

I Sing to Use the Waiting, by Zachary Pace

"Meticulously researched and thrillingly individual... Part of what makes Paces book so refreshing is that the author is uninterested in finding, or inventing, breadcrumb trails that point to an artists sexuality, or assembling an alternative taxonomy of LGBTQ+ anthems. Rather, queerness is a kaleidoscopic filter that can destabilize familiar narratives about the artists you love, find hidden nuances, or empower your wildest takes. Its a bold stance to say that all sound is queer; In I Sing to Use the Waiting, Pace says you may just have to listen closely."Owen Myers, PitchforkI Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays about the Women Singers Who've Made Me Who I Am is a vital and affecting reflection on how popular culture can shape personal identity.With remarkable grace, candor, and a poets ear for prose, Zachary Pace recounts the women singersfrom Cat Power to Madonna, Kim Gordon to Rihannawho shaped them as a young person coming-of-age in rural New York, first discovering their own queer voice.Structured like a mixtape, Pace juxtaposes their coming out with the music that informed them along the way. They recount how listening to themselves sing along as a child to a Disney theme song they recorded on a boom box in 1995, was when they first realized there was an effeminate inflection to their voice. As childhood friendships splinter, Pace discusses the relationship between Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford. Cat Powers song My Daddy Was a Musician spurs a discussion of Paces own musician father, and their gradual estrangement.Resonant and compelling, I Sing to Use the Waiting is a deeply personal rumination on how queer stories are abundant yet often suppressed, and how music may act as a comforting balm carrying us through difficult periods and decisions.

A Questionable Shape, by Bennett Sims

"Bennett Sims delivers a disquisition on the idea of the zombie, combining low and high culture in a firework display of extended metaphors, obscure vocabulary and intellectual sparks. With a heavy debt to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and vigorous nods to Nabokov, Heidegger, Tarkovsky, Shklovsky, Levinas and Proust, to mention a few, the book is ambitious and thought-provoking."Jane Housham, The GuardianMazoch discovers an unreturned movie envelope, smashed windows, and a pool of blood in his fathers house: the man has gone missing. So he creates a list of his fathers haunts and asks Vermaelen to help track him down. However, hurricane season looms over Baton Rouge, threatening to wipe out any undead not already contained and eliminate all hope of ever finding Mazochs father. Bennett Sims turns typical zombie fare on its head to deliver a wise and philosophical rumination on the nature of memory and loss.

Other Minds and Other Stories, by Bennett Sims

"An eerie sense of the contemporary uncanny permeates Bennett Simss collection Other Minds and Other Stories. [Sims's] gaze remains sharp and exacting. This icily penetrating collection exposes something of the human condition that is much more stark, lonely and unnerving."Sam Sacks, Wall Street JournalFrom the award-winning author of A Questionable Shape and White Dialogues, a brilliant, anxious, and hilarious new collection.A man lends his phone to a stranger in the mall, setting off an uncanny series of Unknown calls that come to haunt his relationship with jealousy and dread. A well-meaning locavore tries to butcher his backyard chickens humanely, only to find himself absorbed into the absurd violence of the pecking order. A student applying for a philosophy fellowship struggles to project himself into the thoughts of his hypothetical judges, becoming increasingly possessed and overpowered by the problem of other minds. And in The Postcard, a private detective is hired to investigate a posthumous message that a widower has seemingly received from his dead wife, leading him into a foggy landscape of lost memories, shifting identities, and strange doublings.Cerebral and eerie, captivating and profound, these twelve stories expertly guide us through the paranoia and obsession of everyday horrors, not least the horrors of overthinking what other people might be thinking. With all of Simss trademark virtuosity, innovation, and wit, Other Minds and Other Stories continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary fiction.

Personal Score, by Ellen van Neerven

[A] brilliant collection of essays in which Ellen van Neerven masterfully interrogates [soccers] relationship to the land, to First Nations, to tradition, to sexuality and to gender.Karla J. Strand, Ms MagazinePersonal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity is a vital and deeply personal testament to self, family, community, culture, and sport.Award-winning writer Ellen van Neerven plays soccer from a young age, learning early on that while sport can lead to exhilarating experiences and community-building, it can also be a painful and exclusive world. The more they play, the more they realize about sports troubled relationship with race, gender, and sexualityand question what it means to play sport on stolen, sovereign land, especially in the midst of multiple environmental crises.Formidable, poetic, and impassioned, Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity is improbably many things at once, simultaneously a rumination on sport, relationship to land, Indigenous rights, trans inclusion, and race. Van Neerven weaves broad cultural touchstones, such as Zinedine Zidanes red card in the 2006 World Cup finals, with quiet moments playing soccer with their family, biking to and from practice, detailing a competitive and amorous relationship with a teammate, and simply enthralled by observing the landscape.Fierce, original, and also abundantly tender, Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity is a ground-breaking book that demonstrates van Neervens unrivalled talent and courage.

What We Tried to Bury Grows Here, by Julian Zabalbeascoa

What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a stunningly powerful novel about the individual acts of courage and violence that have shaped history as we know it. A virtuosic and unforgettable debut. Laura van den Berg, author of State of Paradise"Debut novelist Zabalbeascoas decision to tell his story through a plethora of individual narrators perfectly captures the messiness of a civil war... [What We Tried To Bury Grows Here] builds to an emotionally compelling climax."Kirkus ReviewsA masterly crafted and haunting tale of survival, longing, and empathy, set during the Spanish Civil War.In late 1936, eighteen-year-old Isidro Elejalde leaves his Basque village in Northern Spain, spurred to join the fight to preserve his countrys democracy from the insurrectionists by the rousing words of a political essayist. Months earlier, Spanish generals launched a military coup to overthrow Spains newly elected left-wing government. They assumed the population would welcome the coup, but throughout the country people like Isidro remained loyal to the ideals of democracy, and the Spanish Civil War began in bloody earnest.In Bilbao, Mariana raises her two young children while, with her writing, she decries the fascist-backed coup attempt and their German and Italian allies, imploring the world to support democracy. As the Nationalist forces assault the country, Mariana and Isidros lives intersect fleetingly, yet in meaningful and lasting ways.Through a chorus of voicesa female soldier in an all-male battalion, a reluctant conscript recently emigrated from Cuba, a young girl whose parents have abandoned her in order to fight against the fascists, among otherswe follow Isidro and Mariana as they struggle to maintain their humanity in a country determined to tear itself apart.Julian Zabalbeascoa is a fierce and assured new talent, and What We Tried to Bury Grows Here is a remarkable feat of research and imagination, as well as a transcendent literary accomplishment.