These two beauties are available for pre-order now in the US. The Women’s Courtyard cover is a beautiful painting by renowned Pakistani artist Shahzia Sikander and the Tamas cover is an amazing woodblock print by Indian illustrator Anagh Bannerjee.

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To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do.
— Paul Auster

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All great and precious things are lonely.

—John Steinbeck

I killed a plant once because I gave it too much water. Lord, I worry that love is violence.
— José Olivarez

Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.
— Joan Didion

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

— Pablo Picasso
Jacqueline with Flowers (1954)

The soul is silent. If it speaks at all it speaks in dreams.
— Louise Glück

We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.
— Louise Glück