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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'A different way of understanding the story' “How brown is too brown?”“Can Indians be racist?”“What does real love between really different people look like?”Like many...
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Girl on Film by Cecil Castellucci
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: A 'Girl on Film' grows up and finds her artistic path One thing young Cecil was sure of from the minute she saw Star Wars...
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Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel by Naomi Kritzer
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'Catfishing on CatNet:' On the internet, no one knows you're a cat. Or an AI. How much does the internet know about YOU? A thought-provoking near...
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Labyrinth: A Novel by Burhan Sönmez
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'Labyrinth' is a leisurely wander through a life no longer remembered A blues singer, Boratin, attempts suicide by jumping off the Bosphorus Bridge, but opens...
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The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Talking Volumes: Lindy West on 'The Witches Are Coming' From the moment powerful men started falling to the #MeToo movement, the lamentations began: this is...
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Confessions of a Dork Lord by Mike Johnston
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Don't like Harry Potter? Come to the 'Dork' side Meet Wick. He's the son of the Dark Lord, heir to the throne of black and...
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Making Comics by Lynda Barry
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Cartoonist Lynda Barry: Drawing 'has to come out of your body' Hello students, meet Professor Skeletor. Be on time, don’t miss class, and turn off...
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Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fictions by Sheila O'Connor
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: In new book, Minnesota author draws attention to 'horrific' time in state's history In an ambitious blend of fact and fiction, including family secrets, documents...
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Annabel: A Novel by Kathleen Winter
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: A 'beautifully told' family drama In 1968, into the devastating, spare atmosphere of the remote coastal town of Labrador, Canada, a child is born: a...
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