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A Dash of Trouble
A Dash of Trouble (Love Sugar Magic #1) The youngest daughter of five, Leo Logroño is spunky, ebullient, and absolutely unwilling to be...
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Jan 9, 20201 min read
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In the Dream House
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado Facing the archival silence around the subject after her own experience of abuse in queer...
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Dec 16, 20192 min read
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Older Brother
Older Brother by Mahir Guven A small family clinging to connection in a fractured modern reality grows smaller and more fragmented in...
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Dec 12, 20191 min read
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The Magicians
The Magicians by Lev Grossman Published a decade ago, The Magicians is an adult fantasy novel simultaneously so clever and so derivative...
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Oct 12, 20192 min read
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong As lyrical as his previous book, Night Sky With Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong’s sophomore...
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Aug 29, 20192 min read
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Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love by Kathleen Collins Uncertainty and ambivalence, intensity and desire flicker and flash through...
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Aug 17, 20191 min read
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Disoriental
Disoriental by Négar Djavadi Told in the restless back and forth of a narrator who is haunted by the past as much as she is tempted by...
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Jul 27, 20191 min read
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A People's History of Heaven
A People’s History of Heaven by Mathangi Subramanian Five young women living in a Bangalore slum known as “Swarga” or “Heaven” (due to...
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Jul 18, 20192 min read
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The Last Last-Day-of-Summer
The Last Last-Day-of-Summer by Lamar Giles It’s the last day of Sheed and Otto’s summer vacation and they wish it would last forever. But...
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Jun 26, 20191 min read
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Sincerely, Harriet
Sincerely, Harriet by Sarah Winifred Searle For some, childhood is a boisterous time, full of noise and color, giggling friends and...
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Jun 24, 20192 min read
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The Night Diary
The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani Growing up in Northern India in 1947, Nisha’s life is full of both joys and worries: she loves...
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Feb 23, 20192 min read
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Black Against Empire
Black Against Empire by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr This hefty, meticulous book documents the rise and fall of the Black Panther...
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Feb 21, 20192 min read
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Revolutionary Suicide
“Something remarkable was taking place during every prayer service. When people in the congregation prayed for each other, a feeling of...
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Jan 25, 20191 min read
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The House of Islam
The House of Islam by Ed Husain This thorough, clearly-written, and engrossing book is not only, as its subtitle promises, a global...
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Jan 22, 20191 min read
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We Are Syrians
We Are Syrians edited by Adam Braver and Abby DeVeuve This short book edited by Adam Braver and Abby DeVeuve collects interviews with...
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Jan 11, 20192 min read
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Russian Roulette
Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff and David Corn Under-reported throughout the entire development of its story, the Russian involvement...
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Jan 6, 20191 min read
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Top 10-ish Podcasts of 2018
In 2018 I listened to episodes or the complete series of at least 28 different podcasts. Here’s my 9 favorites, with three honorable...
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Dec 22, 20184 min read
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Queer: A Graphic History
Queer: A Graphic History This is a slim, readable work on queer theory’s history and some of its recurring concerns/interests which...
aolundsmith
Dec 20, 20181 min read
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The Real Lolita
"Here, in newspaper accounts of Sally Horner's plight, was a possible solution to a long-standing problem with the manuscript...how to...
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Nov 20, 20182 min read
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Heavy
“I still wrote every night and revised every morning, but practicing crafting formidable sentences just made me a formidable sentence...
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Nov 17, 20182 min read
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