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Bullets into Bells

Bullets into Bells

Beacon Press, December 2017. Paper Back. A powerful call to end American gun violence from celebrated poets and those most impacted Focused intensively on the crisis of gun violence in America, this volume brings together poems by dozens of our best-known poets, including Billy Collins, Patricia Smith, Natalie Diaz, Ocean..... More

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Bullets into Bells is an important collection of voices. It pairs poetry from poets like Rita Dove, Robert Hass, Yosef Komunyakaa, and plenty more with your everyday citizens' response to gun violence. It will move you.
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us. Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Two Dollar Radio, November 2017. Trade Paperback. *2018 "12 best books to give this holiday season" --TODAY Show*Best Books of 2018 --Rolling Stone"A Best Book of 2017" --NPR, Buzzfeed, Paste Magazine, Esquire, Chicago Tribune, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, CBC, Stereogum, National Post, Entropy, Heavy, Book Riot, Chicago Review of Books, The..... More

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The Idiot. Elif Batuman

The Idiot

Penguin Books, February 2018. Trade Paperback. A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction "An addictive, sprawling epic; I wolfed it down." --Miranda July, author of The First Bad Man and It Chooses You "Easily the..... More

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Homegoing. Yaa Gyasi

Homegoing

Vintage, April 2017. Trade Paperback. Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway Award Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard Award Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Time..... More

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Bluets. Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Wave Books, September 2019. Hardcover. Since 2009, when it first published, to today, Bluets has drawn scores of readers with its surprising insights into the emotional depths that make us most human--via 240 short pieces, at once lyrical and philosophical, on the color blue. This beautiful hardcover edition celebrates Maggie..... More

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The Sympathizer. Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Sympathizer

Grove Press, April 2016. Trade Paperback. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer is the breakthrough novel of the year. With the pace and suspense of a thriller and prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow..... More

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An important book in understanding the impact of the American War in Viet Nam and the repercussions of Western involvement and influence in the East. I loved the many layers of the main character's dual-identity in this book. Not only is it a good read, it's an important perspective to be aware of.
Citizen: An American Lyric. Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Graywolf Press, October 2014. Trade Paperback. * Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry * * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A...... More

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Night Sky with Exit Wounds. Ocean Vuong

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Copper Canyon Press, April 2016. Trade Paperback. One of the most celebrated poetry books of the year: The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 New York Times, Critics Pick Boston Globe, Best Books listing NPR, Best Books listing Miami Herald, Best LGBTQ Books San Francisco Chronicle, Top..... More

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