Underground Bookshelf

Welcome to the latest resource series by Underground Bookshelf. This series focuses on literature written by authors of Iranian heritage. War often comes with undermining the humanity of the people and cultures impacted. One way to reaffirm a people's humanity is to engage with the people, culture, and perspectives through literature and storytelling. In this series, you'll find fiction and nonfiction books for children, middle grade readers, young adults, and adult readers.

Thank you to Korra II for allowing me to repost this book review. This review was originally published on August 3, 2021, on Baskerville Books. You can find the original review here.

"Broken Friendship" by Palak Taneja is a poem about the way deep friendships can be lost as people drift apart. The poem was originally written in Hindi, but an English translation is also available. Click here to read this poem in English.

"Broken Friendship" by Palak Taneja is a poem about the way deep friendships can be lost as people drift apart. The poem was originally written in Hindi. Click here to read this poem in its original form.

Welcome back! This resource series focuses on ICE and deportations in the United States. Painful experiences with ICE, immigration, seeking refuge, and deportation in the United States can impact people at any age, including children, young adults, and families. The nonfiction books below are written for adults. They bring a human element to stories about immigration, dealing with the pain of deportation, and the loss of safe harbor. You can also find resources, support, and information about your rights when dealing with ICE or other immigration officials in the links under this paragraph.

Congratulations to Ri for winning the April contest. Four chapters of the book were submitted to this contest. You can find the story in full here.

What does that mean? It means you can submit prose or poetry that falls into one or more of the above categories. You can also blend categories (ex. historical romance, gothic horror, 1940s mystery, etc.).

Thank you to everyone who participated in this past month's contest. I enjoyed the creative directions each of you took to the prompt. We got submissions of poetry discussing friendship, surviving sexual assault, depression, LGBTQ themes, and more.

Thank you to Alex Chan for allowing me to repost this article which discusses a tool Chan built to help her find the nearest library carrying the book she'd next like to read. You can find this article in its original form on the author's website. It was originally posted on October 10, 2022.

"The Nightmare" by Arushi Kashyap is a spooky tale of a dream gone wrong. It is told in eight parts, with each part whisking the reader into a new dreamscape. This is Chapter Eight.

Welcome back! This resource series focuses on ICE and deportations in the United States. Painful experiences with ICE, immigration, seeking refuge, and deportation in the United States can impact people at any age, including children, young adults, and families. The fiction books below are written for adults. They bring a human element to stories about immigration, dealing with the pain of deportation, and the loss of safe harbor. You can also find resources, support, and information about your rights when dealing with ICE or other immigration officials in the links under this paragraph.

"Little Henry" is a short story by Gökdeniz Ustabaş. Deniz's work has previously appeared in the magazine, Merhaba Canım.