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The Thing About Jellyfish
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin “Jellyfish don’t get bogged down by drama, love, friendship, or sorrow. They don’t get stuck in...
aolundsmith
Mar 31, 20181 min read
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
“The book told of kamikaze pilots, flying off to their suicide missions…The pilots had made a pledge to the emperor, and they’d kept...
aolundsmith
Mar 27, 20182 min read
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The Sympathizer
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen “Here, we can dream of anything, can’t we, ladies and gentlemen? I will tell you what my American...
aolundsmith
Mar 1, 20182 min read
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Solo
Solo by Kwame Alexander Essential points: This novel in verse ranges far and wide without ever going deep. Protagonist Blade is the son...
aolundsmith
Feb 18, 20181 min read
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The Fire This Time
“‘You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read,’ James Baldwin wrote. Or you...
aolundsmith
Feb 6, 20181 min read
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Economix
An example bar from Economix, from illustrator Dan E. Burr's website Essential points: Economix, written by Michael Goodwin and...
aolundsmith
Feb 4, 20181 min read
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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
"I want to say that remembering starts not with predictable punditry, or bullshit blogs, or slick art that really asks nothing of us; I...
aolundsmith
Jan 26, 20182 min read
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