IN THE BELLY OF THE CONGO, by Blaise Ndala. Translated by Amy B. Reid. (Other Press, paperback, $18.99.) In this novel the story of what happened to a Congolese princess, who disappeared after her forced exhibition at the Brussels World’s Fair of 1958, is unearthed when her niece meets the son of one of her captors 45 years later. BLOODBATH NATION, by Paul Auster. Photographs by Spencer Ostrander. (Grove, $24.) Auster blends personal narrative, history and political analysis in this moving commentary on American gun violence, punctuated by Ostrander’s harrowing images. THE HOUSE OF EVE, by Sadeqa Johnson. (Simon & Schuster, $27.99.) The lives of two young Black women living in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., collide as they navigate unexpected pregnancies, social hierarchies and fraught relationships with their lovers’ families. BLACK ON BLACK: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America, by Daniel Black. (Hanover Square, $27.99.) A novelist and scholar shares his … [Read more...] about Newly Published, From Climate Fiction to a Lost Congolese Princess