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The Bitter Seasons' Whip: The Complete Poems of Lee Yuk Sa (Paperback)

By Lee Yuk Sa, Sekyo Nam Haines (Translator)

$20.00

ISBN: 9781948800495

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Published: Tolsun Publishing - April 19th, 2022

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A frequent political prisoner in Korea during Japanese occupation, Lee Yuk Sa still found the grace and composure to pen these 36 delicate, wistful poems, which serve as a paean to the natural world of his homeland and a testament to the strength of the human spirit. Superbly translated by local poet Sekyo Nam Haines.

- Rachael

I Have Some Questions for You: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Makkai

$28.00

ISBN: 9780593490143

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Published: Viking - February 21st, 2023

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Partially a commentary on the world of true crime, and partially an exploration on the ease in which our everyday words and actions can come back to haunt us, Rebecca Makkai's I Have Some Questions For You is well worth the hype. The writing is impressive in its technicality, realism, and accuracy, creating such a landscape that makes you feel as though you're actually walking around it. The heart of the mystery is as shocking, troubling, and gripping as the journey itself. This book is ideal for mystery lovers, true crime buffs and/or critics, and anyone looking to find a little nostalgia about youth.

- Engel

Lucy: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jamaica Kincaid

$16.00

ISBN: 9780374527358

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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - September 4th, 2002

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If you love a coming of age story, if you appreciate a beautifully constructed sentence, if you want to read something as quick as it is poignant, this book is for you. 19-year-old Lucy moves from her home in the Caribbean to America, where she works as an au pair for a wealthy family and approaches her life with them with various degrees of cynicism, compassion, and quiet rage. Lucy is a compelling, insightful, narrator, and Kincaid delivers her narration in some of the most astonishing prose I have read.

- Catherine

Funny You Should Ask: A Novel (Paperback)

By Elissa Sussman

$17.00

ISBN: 9780593357323

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Published: Dell - April 12th, 2022

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Following Chani Horowitz, an MFA student whose writing career has all but plateaued, Funny You Should Ask chronicles the bizarre events surrounding her viral profile of Gabe Parker, a talented, hotshot actor who also happens to be the subject of her raging celebrity crush... plus the shenanigans that unfold before, during, and after she's asked to do the same profile again ten years later. Elissa Sussman's dual POV and multi-media approach is utterly inventive, immersive, and sets a new bar for romance novels all around!

- Cindy

Imaginary Friend (Paperback)

By Stephen Chbosky

$16.99

ISBN: 9781538731352

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Published: Grand Central Publishing - October 6th, 2020

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Disquieting. Unputdownable. Weird, weird, weird. A grand departure from his debut novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Chbosky's sophomore book is a psychological rollercoaster that kept me up until all hours of the night. Mostly because I couldn't stop reading it. But also because it freaked me out—in the best possible way, of course.

- Meghan: Writer in Residence

Y/N: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Esther Yi

$26.00

ISBN: 9781662601538

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Published: Astra House - March 21st, 2023

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A deeply weird literary novel about a disillusioned woman who finds herself, despite herself, in the inescapable throes of Overwhelming Kpop Boy Obsession. Great for the particular cross section of people who are close enough to kpop stan culture to understand what’s going on, but far enough away that their feelings aren’t hurt by the depiction. Also, the same cross section but for grad school instead of kpop.

- Piera

Lapidarium: The Secret Lives of Stones (Hardcover)

By Hettie Judah

$30.00

ISBN: 9780143137412

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Published: Penguin Books - March 7th, 2023

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It’s a book about rocks! Certainly not intended to be a guide that would accompany a burgeoning geologist – it’s more a history book in disguise. Succinct nuggets of colonial/trade/strange history as impacted by clods of earth and violent obsessions with lustrous gems. Written with a wry voice that had me laughing out loud at times, this is a great book for those of us who may learn history better through traditionally less didactic methods.

- Stacey

Go Home, Ricky!: A Novel (Paperback)

By Gene Kwak

$16.00

ISBN: 9781419753626

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Published: The Overlook Press - October 25th, 2022

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A weird book about a Nebraskan wrestler with a mom who shares way too much, a day job as a high school custodian, and a habit of going viral at the worst possible moments.

- Pia, Writer in Residence

Everything (Paperback)

By Andrea Cohen

$16.95

ISBN: 9781945588686

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Published: Four Way Books - February 15th, 2021

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This seventh book by Cohen, who is the Director of the Blacksmith House Poetry Series here in Cambridge, is a marvel. The extreme economy of her language combined with a closely focused but slightly askew attention makes each poem a delight.

- Dale

Bear (Hardcover)

By Staffan Gnosspelius

$19.95

ISBN: 9781644212318

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Published: Seven Stories Press - February 21st, 2023

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There are so many things that I would like to write about this book but the shelf talker is only so big. This is a piece of art that you want walking beside you when the road gets dark. It captures the reality of depression with grace and honesty and.... no words!

- Jane