Carolina Wren Press imprint: 7 books

The spare, poetic prose of Raymond Carver meets Jenny Offiill's Department of Speculation and Elizabeth Strout's My Name Is Lucy Barton. In a period when many families in the heartland are shattered by drug addiction, this timely novel chronicles one woman's attempts to understand and survive her...

FALLING STAR author Chantel Acevedo is an acclaimed Latina author, whose much anticipated THE LIVING INFINITE is out from Europa in Fall 2018. FALLING STAR, winner of the Bakwin Prize, is the story of Cuban immigrants in the Mariel era. It was awarded a national bronze medal for Multicultural Fiction...

Here is the good stuff: poetry written by women that actually excites the thinking reader. This anthology, spanning work of the last 75 years, will broaden its readers’ notions of what defines erotic poetry. For what is more intriguing, more satisfying than strong, self-assured writing? This groundbreaking...

This story collection, following members of una familia from their immigration to California in the 1920s to present day, is a perfect antidote to the broadbrush stereotypes of immigrants common in today's news. Poet Rigoberto Gonzalez included Hola and Goodbye in “Amid Uncertain Times, 11 New and...

Ten-year-old Claire adores her brand-new baby sister, but her mother doesn't feel the same. Trapped in the suffocating culture of the small-town South in the early 1960s, Claire's mother tries to cope with her own mental illness and all the expectations placed upon a woman of her class. While Claire's...

Tess Wycheski is a standout bowler, just like her father before her. And just like her father, she is haunted and driven by the famous, career-ending humiliation he suffered at his first pro match. Joe teaches Tess that bowling is an art form and tries to coach her toward the success that eluded him....

Even if you think you know what it was like to grow up poor and black in the Jim Crow South, this novel will be a revelation to your understanding. Paulette Bourdreaux's first novel, and winner of the first Lee Smith Novel Prize, is a riveting, scary, and finally, uplifting account of a family's life...