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Lonely Women Make Good Lovers

by Matt Sutherland

It’s not easy being Keetje—so truthstakingly, heartgapingly, cliffedgingly vulnerable and live. The experience of her poetry feels dangerous, capable of triggering changes both lasting and longed for. That she recognizes love as... Read More

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Where Rabbits Gathered

by Karen Rigby

A Native American line of uncommon women endure the Spanish conquest in Alisa Valdés-Rodríguez’s piercing historical novel "Where Rabbits Gathered". In 1598 in New Spain, an expedition gathers to colonize the lands that constitute... Read More

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Nop

by Danielle Ballantyne

Fed up with not being picked, a worn plush bear chooses discovery and adventure in this stunning picture book about finding your own way in the world—even if you have to make it up. Toys come and go from Oddmint’s Dumporeum, but not... Read More

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Outside Women

by Kristine Morris

Two women, their lives separated by a century, learn the meaning of standing witness to horrific injustice in Roohi Choudhry’s epic historical novel "Outside Women". In 1890s India, after the British abolish slavery in their colonies,... Read More

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Permission

by Meg Nola

Memoirist Elissa Altman’s encouraging writer’s guide is about pushing beyond doubt, fear, repression, and shame to craft stories of relevance and truth. A teacher of memoir writing, Altman details the integral concept of... Read More

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