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Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling by Esi Edugyan

Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling

Esi Edugyan

236 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It by Bruce McIvor

Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

Bruce McIvor

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction historical challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Care Of by Ivan Coyote

Care Of

Ivan Coyote

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ literary memoir travel emotional reflective medium-paced
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

329 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction history politics challenging informative sad medium-paced
Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

Fugitive Telemetry

The Murderbot Diaries #6

Martha Wells

168 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
fiction science fiction adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya

The Subtweet

Vivek Shraya

235 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction contemporary music challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexiévich

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

Голоса утопии #1

Svetlana Alexiévich

381 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals

Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

Melba Pattillo Beals

336 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

asha bandele, Patrisse Khan-Cullors

257 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction memoir race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

190 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

5.0justabean_reads's review
nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced