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Sansei and Sensibility

Sansei and Sensibility (Paperback)

By Karen Tei Yamashita

$16.95

ISBN: 9781566895781

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Published: Coffee House Press - May 5th, 2020

Yamashita continues to make her case as one of our of greatest living writers with this collection of stories, narratives, and imaginative engagements with Jane Austen. Yamashita's intelligence, sense of humor, and mastery over multiple prose styles cracks open our notions of identity, culture, and community creating space for new ways of reading about and thinking about how we become who we are.

Josh

The Man in the Red Coat

The Man in the Red Coat (Hardcover)

By Julian Barnes

$26.95

ISBN: 9780525658771

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Published: Knopf - February 18th, 2020

In Belle Epoch France, Dr. Samuel Jean Pozzi was known as Le Medecin de l’Amour – the love doctor. Devastatingly handsome, dynamic and brilliant, Dr. Pozzi was an eminent gynecologist and surgical innovator. His portrait was painted by John Singer Sargent in 1881 and this picture inspired Julian Barnes to explore this captivating doctor’s life and the many well-known figures he knew – Proust, Bernhardt, Wilde – first names not necessary.

Nathan

The Golden Age, Book 1

The Golden Age, Book 1 (The Golden Age Graphic Novel Series #1) (Hardcover)

By Roxanne Moreil, Cyril Pedrosa (Illustrator), Cyril Pedrosa

$29.99

ISBN: 9781250237941

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Published: First Second - February 11th, 2020

A high fantasy adventure of peasant uprisings, stolen thrones, and secret treasure, The Golden age is a winner for YA and adult fantasy fans. The artwork is simply magnificent, drawing inspiration from Disney's Sleeping Beauty. The intricate, fluid line-work and astonishing palette will marvel readers.

Marika

Nothing To See Here

Nothing to See Here (Hardcover)

By Kevin Wilson

$26.99

ISBN: 9780062913463

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Published: Ecco - October 29th, 2019

Thoroughly enjoyable, completely implausible but oh my this is a perfect COVID-19 escape book. A page turner from start to finish with wild and wonderful situations and many chuckles. Brilliant!

Megan

Apeirogon

Apeirogon: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Colum McCann

$28.00

ISBN: 9781400069606

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Published: Random House - February 25th, 2020

A masterpiece of storytelling. Of two real people, an Israeli and a Palestinian man, who both lost teenage daughters (one to a suicide bomber and one to an Israeli soldier's bullet) and who have become close friends and allies in a attempt to reshape common understanding of the conflict. The novel is brilliant, empathic, illuminating - it will cause you to rethink much of what you "know" and ask questions you didn't know to ask. The book is not political, it simply weaves together an incredible number of stories and perspectives and history.

David

Wonderbook

Wonderbook (Revised and Expanded): The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction (Paperback)

By Jeff VanderMeer

$24.99

ISBN: 9781419729669

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Published: Harry N. Abrams - July 3rd, 2018

Trying to start that new sci-fi/fantasy novel during quarantine? Just looking for some inspiration to keep your spirits up? Do you enjoy reading snippets about storytelling from some of your favorite authors? How about creative and zany illustrations? This book's for you!

Stacey

Glass Hotel

The Glass Hotel: A novel (Hardcover)

By Emily St. John Mandel

$26.95

ISBN: 9780525521143

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Published: Knopf - March 24th, 2020

Mandel's book is like the glass in her title: her language glitters yet also offers clarity and reflection, and her characters are like broken shards, mesmerizing in one light, and dangerously ordinary in another. Combining the humanity and structure of Station Eleven with the brutal realism of her earlier works, The Glass Hotel is an exceptional novel.

Marika

Finna

Finna (Paperback)

By Nino Cipri

$14.99

ISBN: 9781250245731

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Published: Tor.com - February 25th, 2020

Is this capitalist hellscape the best of all possible verses in the multiverse? When an elderly customer at a big box furniture store (not that one) goes through a portal, it's up to two minimum wage workers to risk life and limb to retrieve her. Very diverting, very queer, very relatable for all people who have worked retail.

Rebecca

Wicked Enchantment

Wicked Enchantment: Selected Poems (Hardcover)

By Wanda Coleman, Terrance Hayes (Editor)

$25.95

ISBN: 9781574232370

Availability: Available at Warehouse

Published: Black Sparrow Press - April 7th, 2020

Wanda Coleman, a poet laureate of anger and honesty, lived resistance and shouted rebellion, has always been the poet America needed, though sometimes it seemed like she was the only one who knew that. With this new book of poems selected and introduced by Terrance Hayes, perhaps America will finally know it too.

Josh

BECOMING EVE

Becoming Eve: My Journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman (Hardcover)

By Abby Stein

$28.00

ISBN: 9781580059169

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Published: Seal Press - November 12th, 2019

Abby Stein’s memoir is an engaging story of growing up as a queer person (a trans woman, specifically) in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. Funny, heartbreaking, and always compassionate, this is a great read for anyone interested in trans life stories, intersections between queerness and religion, or communal responses to trauma.

Sacha Lamb, Writer in Residence for Young Readers

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