Lan is a woman of colour. She tries to navigate through her twenties and is faced by the complex intersection of her gender and race. Her Vietnamese heritage has always been and will always be part of her being, as well as her womanhood. Looking back into her family's history she understands that the past contains an immensity of generational legacies and wounds. This is a story about a woman who learns how to proudly claim her existence in a white country. Facing the daily horrors of racism and sexism in order to pave her way into adulthood. She understands the power of redefining the identity society has put on her.

In the quiet, shadowed corners of their minds, Regan and Evan grapple with the weight of their own existence. For Regan, an artist whose soul is entwined with the melancholy of his creations, every brushstroke is a reflection of his fragmented self. For Evan, haunted by the ghosts of a past he cannot escape, life is a series of days spent drifting between the overwhelming urge to disappear and the desperate need to be seen. Bound by a friendship that is as fragile as it is profound, they navigate the blurred lines between despair and hope, art and life, and the person they are versus the person they want to be. As Regan's art exhibition looms, both men must confront their deepest fears and insecurities, discovering in each other the reflections of their own miseryand the faintest glimmers of redemption. The Art of Being Miserable is a poetic and introspective exploration of loneliness, mental health, and the complexity of human connection.

All artists meet the same fate eventually. Pain has many facets. It's a perplexing paradox, a confluence of anguish and despair. We encounter the fundamental essence of existence through pain. Every tear we shed as we go into the depths of the paintings of the soul tells us that this suffering is the canvas for courage that will grow. Pain is the art that our soul creates and all artists meet the same fate eventually. Achilles never expected to encounter pain trough a seemingly innocent book, a story so gripping and tragic that he sets out to find the person who drove him to question life itself.

Imagine you spend your whole life feeling too much, more than what anyone else seems to feel. So when no one understands why you feel the way you do, poetry is all that is left to express what others don't want to hear. A collection of poems written over many years. From hopes and dreams to painfully dark times. This is emotion at it's rawest.

A break-up. New love. Teenage trouble. Fighting parents. Confusing feelings. Being a teenager means trying to find peace, while your mind is restless. It means overthinking and feeling everything and nothing at the same time. Life is chaos. What happens when a girl who is desperate to feel loved meets a boy who is not sure about what he wants? When others get hurt in the process of falling in love? What does love for a young person even mean? Being a teenager means trying to find love without knowing what love is. This book shows a love story from the perspective of teenagers.

This book is not just a love story, but an intimate and intellectual exchange of ideas. It tells the story of two people whose relationship is both their greatest strength and their deepest challenge. Through intimate dialogues, they confront the complex realities of love, trust, and personal growth. As they navigate moments of betrayal, loss, and reconciliation, they wrestle with their own vulnerabilities and the struggle to find meaning and purpose. Their conversations delve into themes of mindfulness, the passage of time, and the tension between self-help ideals and real-life imperfections. The Talk We Never Had captures the heroism in everyday life, the conflicts that test our bonds, and the enduring hope that keeps us reaching for the stars, even when the sky is cracked.

Studying as an art student in a nameless town, the protagonist narrates snippets of their life. All while remaining nameless themselves, they record the alienation, loneliness, and depression that often come with being alive and how, eventually, they learn to live with it. Throughout the novel, the narration paints a picture of the consistent struggle that is life itself, and of the beautiful moments in between.

What can a single human do against an entire society full of hate and judgement, which develops new conventions frequently? The human can try to fight them and their hostility from within. They can inform themself to not become cruel and to rather be kind. They can try to root their values in their own mind and not by the expectations of others. And lastly they can change their mindset to make progress and accomplish everything they want. If you are intrigued by these topics this book is perfect for you.

A quick-witted busker on the idyllic beaches of Ivory Coast. A Black actor in Nazi Germany struggling to make ends meet. An Afro-Caribbean seamstress who designs for the dead. The one thing they have in common? Art. ART ON THE BORDER is a short story collection that spans time and continents, mapping out miscellaneous manifestations and understandings of art. It centers on a cast of diverse, multicultural characters and explores the great nuances of art through the lens of marginalized identities.