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"The writing is so beautiful and so entrancing that you'll embrace both the harsh realities of herding and hunting in sub-zero temperatures, and the doctrines dictated by a culture centered on suffering and submission.
The End of Drum-Time a book by Hanna Pylväinen
A book about storytelling--its legacies, dangers, delights, and potential for change--and a bold exploration of form, art, and love, Justin Torres's Blackouts uses fiction to see through the inventions of history and narrative. A marvel of creative i...
Blackouts a book by Justin Torres
The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of scholars insi...
The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History a book by Ned Blackhawk
Using her remarkable talents as an acclaimed scholar, novelist, and poet, Rivera Garza collected and curated evidence--handwritten letters, police reports, school notebooks, interviews with Liliana's loved ones--to render and understand a life beyond...
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice a book by Cristina Rivera Garza
Critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya Hartman). A singular achi...
Ordinary Notes a book by Christina Sharpe
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir a book by Raja Shehadeh
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World a book by John Vaillant
The poems in John Lee Clark's revolutionary How to Communicate work together as a manifesto that lays bare the ways in which a society that assumes seeing and hearing as the norm views touch as suspicious, enough so to try to outlaw touch. And yet, i...
How to Communicate: Poems a book by John Lee Clark
From Unincorporated Territory [Åmot] a book by Craig Santos Perez
Hanna Pylväinen is the author of the novel We Sinners, which received a Whiting Award and a Balcones Fiction Prize. Her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Chicago Tribune, and the Wall Street Jour...
The End of Drum-Time a book by Hanna Pylväinen
Monica Youn is the author of From From, and three previous poetry collections: Blackacre, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Barter, and Ignatz, a finalist for the National Book Award. The daughter of Korean immigrants and a forme...
From from: Poems a book by Monica Youn
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Plantyou: Scrappy Cooking: 140+ Plant-Based Zero-Waste Recipes That Are Good for You, Your Wallet, and the Planet a book by Carleigh Bodrug
Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis,...
Enough a book by Cassidy Hutchinson
"A vibrant, and essential history of America's unending, enraging and utterly compelling struggle since its founding to live up to its own best ideals... It's both a cause for hope.
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America a book by Heather Cox Richardson
The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation.
The Iliad a book by Homer and Emily Wilson
★ "Gorman immerses readers in the experience, assuring them that they are not alone in their longings for a better world."
Something, Someday a book by Amanda Gorman and Christian Robinson
How to find joy in the kitchen (even if you hate to cook) Proven strategies for growing your own groceries The surprising stress-relievers that can be found in your backyard How to craft a more grounded routine and save money in the process Clever ti...
Old-Fashioned on Purpose: Cultivating a Slower, More Joyful Life (Original) a book by Jill Winger
"Packed with humorous allusions to Greek mythology . . . along with rip-snorting action sequences, [this] book really shines."
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Chalice of the Gods a book by Rick Riordan
"A giddy, bold, mind-blowing tour de force by one of our most important literary writers."
All Fours a book by Miranda July
"The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.
Iron Flame a book by Rebecca Yarros
"one of the most original minds in American fiction today.
Our Strangers: Stories a book by Lydia Davis
"With masterful storytelling and extensive, accurate research, Harriot subverts the dominant American narrative, creating a history that is both more truthful and beautifully
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America a book by Michael Harriot
"Intricate, cunning and consistently surprising...Much of the novel's pleasure derives from its unpredictabiility...
Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner) a book by Hernan Diaz
"Sometimes the window is open and a breeze comes through singing a sweet song: it is nap time
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto a book by Tricia Hersey
"A sharp, sensual piece of art."
Land of Milk and Honey a book by C. Pam Zhang
This is essential reading for any horror fan.
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror a book by John Joseph Adams, Jordan Peele, Tananarive Due, et al.