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Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin
Five years after his death, Travyon has become a symbol of social justice activism, as has his hauntingly familiar image: the photo of a child still in the process of becoming a young man, wearing a hoodie and gazing silently … Continue reading
How would it feel, to be labeled a criminal, simply for being born?
Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by prison, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life. Born a Crime is the story … Continue reading
Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. From a girls’ fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, … Continue reading
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If you had a chance to save someone, you would take it, right?
Two men are arguing in a war zone just outside the Kuwaiti border, and peace has been declared. One, a British journalist, is reporting here to avoid his dull marriage and estranged daughter. The other, an American private, is here … Continue reading
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Why Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America’s best and most accomplished presidents
From saving the American economy from collapse to expanding health insurance to tens of millions who previously could not afford it, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America’s best and most accomplished presidents. Jonathan Chait, one of America’s … Continue reading
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The Nest
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney brings a remarkable cast of characters to life in a story about the power of family, the possibilities of friendship, the ways we depend upon one another and the ways we let one another down. In this … Continue reading
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Hidden Figures
The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. A powerful, revelatory contribution that is as … Continue reading
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Love. Loss. War. Fate.
Anthony Marra whisks his readers into a riveting tale of a hunted child who was orphaned when Russian soldiers captured her family and left her home in flames. Discovered in the woods days later by a lifelong neighbor with nothing … Continue reading
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Don’t ask, don’t tell.
Abuse. Addiction. Suppression. How can a fifteen year old kill the sparks that fly between her and the new girl, Xylia? When her forbidden feelings are threatened with exposure to her God-fearing, churchgoing community and family, Mara’s world is thrown … Continue reading
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Scandal. Conspiracy. Quarantine. How does the perfect, privileged, popular girl fit into it all?
After meeting with a homeland security officer at a party, Emily Bird wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the previous few days. Her parents may be responsible for a deadly outbreak of a flu virus, her future … Continue reading
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