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THEY TOLD ME BACK HOME WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL published October 27, 2026!

LAMP BACK: PLAYS AND OTHER GRIEVANCES published October 15, 2026!

THE HOUSE BUILT ON ALLIGATOR BONES published on October 6, 2026!

AGATE HEAD / STONE SOUP published October 6, 2026!

ALL-AMERICAN DAD out on November 5, 2026!

THE SQUATTERS out on November 10, 2026!

MONA: AN IMMODEST MEMOIR OF RACE AND REBELLION out on November 17, 2026!

Headshot of author Shelley Stoehr on the right with her book cover on the left. Shelley is smiling at the camera outside in a pink floral top with short red hair and pink cat-eye glasses. The cover of her book has a white background with pink text that looks like neon lights. The text reads: GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS. In smaller black text reads "One Woman's Experience as a Sex Worker in the 1990s. A memoir by Shelley Stoehr."

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS published September 22, 2026

INCONCEIVABLE: THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF FAMILY IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY published September 8, 2026