Books
Face the Strange: Dani Shapiro Maps Her Family Secrets in “Inheritance”
“All my life, I had known there was a secret,” Dani Shapiro writes. “What I hadn’t known: the secret was me.”
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Andrea Gibson’s “Lord of the Butterflies” Celebrates Constant Transformation
In their fifth collection of poetry, Lord of the Butterflies, Andrea Gibson resists tidy narratives in favor of dramatizing a life that’s vibrant with constant transformation.
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2018’s Best Books About Bodies
Our relationships to our bodies are arguably the deepest and most stirring we have.
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Not Another Teen Book: Contemporary YA Lit Acknowledges the Spectrum of Teenage Experiences
As a perennially popular and thriving genre, YA is an important place for teenagers to start difficult conversations, even if it’s just acknowledging the spectrum of their experiences.
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Red Handed: Kristen R. Ghodsee on Sex and Socialism
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism highlights the stories of feminists and socialists who worked to make women’s lives better under socialism, while pointing to ways we can adapt their lessons for the future.
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Dear Lane: “How To Be Alone” is Vulnerable, Funny, and Profoundly Healing
How To Be Alone gave me closure for trauma.
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Lift Every Voice: “Shout Your Abortion” Is Changing the Conversation
In 2015, Amelia Bonow shared her abortion story on her Facebook page.
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Join the Club: Gabrielle Moss on the Golden Age of YA Literature
Gabrielle Moss takes us on a nostalgic and hilarious tour through teen bookshelves and the Golden Age of YA literature.
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Eloquent Rage: How Brittney Cooper Created a Black Feminist Manifesto
When Dr. Brittney Cooper speaks, the world stops to listen.
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