Soft Skull Press

Oscar style recap ft. our books 📚 #oscars2026

"When someone falls in love with a statue, is that relationship doomed from the outset?" WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED is one of @vol1brooklyn's favorite books of February! buff.ly/XtBD78D

Congratulations to CODE NOIR author Canisia Lubrin!

In her 2025 Ondaatje Prize-longlisted second novel, Nigerian British author Irenosen Okojie utilizes magical realism to trace rebirth and redemption between seventeenth-century Cape Verde and contemporary London. @softskull

Insightful reflections on the author’s writing process and the ways in which it parallels the writing life of other author’s life like Rilke, Kafka, Barthes, & Lispector. @softskull

Recap from an amazing event at @skylightbooks with Canisia Lubrin celebrating the release of her new book THE WORLD AFTER RAIN. Thank you to all who came out and said hello! 📚

"Yagi and her translator Yuki Tejima have a gift for finding beauty in the quotidian—a kind of ekphrasis of the everyday." — @ArtForum buff.ly/5OZ40Hc

Happy publication day to Canisia Lubrin's THE WORLD AFTER RAIN! 🌧️ 🌧️ "Lubrin’s fifth book, her fourth work of poetry, is a wonder." — @ALA_Booklist buff.ly/DK0kV3O

WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED has been named a best book of January by @people! “[A] unique, witty novel about love and loneliness.” people.com/people-best-bo…

THE FLOWERS OF GOOD by Sidarta Ribeiro is available now! 🍃 🍃 "A Brazilian neurobiologist recounts the joys of weed. . . . You don’t have to be stoned to read this, but it couldn’t hurt." — @KirkusReviews Read now: buff.ly/Xxp2mrd

Happy publication day to WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED by Emi Yagi (translated by Yuki Tejima)! 🖼️ ✨ 🌟 "A fun and (metaphysical) sexy queer love story, Yagi’s latest tackles love, loneliness, and the role of women’s beauty in society." — @lithub

"A love story and a tale about stepping into the unknown. It asks whether you would willingly throw yourself into an abyss for the one you love." — @japantimes Happy publication day to WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED! 🖼️ buff.ly/jlMLjl9

Congratulations to Joanna Pocock for being named a NBCC Award finalist for her memoir GREYHOUND! 👏 📚 Check out the full list: buff.ly/89i3wHV

Save the date! Canisia Lubrin will be chatting about her new book THE WORLD AFTER RAIN with Between the Covers host @DavidNaimon at @Powells on 2/3 at 7pm. More details here: buff.ly/C2LHnsL

Emi Yagi's new novel WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED is one of @vulture's must-reads for January! buff.ly/pcOYDhn

Happy publication day to Matthew Rice's plastic! 📚 🌟 A January 2026 @ABAbook Indie Next Pick! 🌟 ✨ "[A] sparse, punchy, and profound book-length poem that pries into the often absurd, almost surreal nature of twenty-first-century labor conditions." — @ALA_Booklist

"[F]uriously everyday and erudite. . . plastic is a poem, or cycle of poems, that is keenly aware of its status as a made thing among others, an artifact of labor in language, thought, and feeling." — @4_columns buff.ly/yVlnUIl

✨ COVER ANNOUNCEMENT ✨ Excited to share our last cover of the summer '26 season, MAKESHIFT by Peter Rock, designed by @nlcaputo. MAKESHIFT goes on sale 8/25/26 and is available to preorder now! buff.ly/5sXPSw7

WHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED by Emi Yagi (translated by @yuki_tejima) is a February 2026 @americanbooksellers Indie Next Pick! As always, huge thanks to all of the booksellers who nominated us! Check out the full list here: buff.ly/ae58btr

Check out three poems from Matthew Rice's forthcoming collection PLASTIC via @BOMBmagazine! buff.ly/cGa1Emn