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Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

Forest of Noise: Poems

Mosab Abu Toha

80 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction memoir poetry dark emotional reflective fast-paced
The Tale of a Wall by Nasser Abu Srour

The Tale of a Wall

Nasser Abu Srour

320 pages • paperback • 2024

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nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

James McBride

291 pages • paperback • 1996

5.0ambershelf's review
nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective slow-paced
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

The Book Censor's Library

Bothayna Al-Essa

261 pages • paperback • 2019

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fiction dystopian dark reflective medium-paced
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

Taiwan Travelogue

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, 楊双子

293 pages • paperback • 2020

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fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders

Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

368 pages • hardcover • 2024

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • hardcover • 2019

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • hardcover • 2021

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • digital • 2015

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nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative by Isabella Hammad

Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

Isabella Hammad

80 pages • paperback • 2024

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nonfiction philosophy politics challenging informative reflective fast-paced