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鈥淎 vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are鈥攁nd have always been鈥攊nstrumental in shaping our鈥
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鈥淎 mother-daughter memoir exploring loss, love, and healing, told in two alternating voices, from the critically acclaimed novelist and her teenage daughter.鈥 --Provided by鈥
鈥淐armen Maria Machado鈥檚 engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological鈥
鈥淥n growing up in the American South of the 1960s--an all-American white boy--son of a long line of Methodist preachers, in the midst of the civil rights revolution, and鈥
鈥淲ith beauty, grace, and honesty, Castillo recounts his and his family鈥檚 encounters with a system that treats them as criminals for seeking safe, ordinary lives. He writes of the鈥
鈥淲hat would happen if people started moving beyond the conversation and took action to combat racism? We are in an era where many Americans express the sentiment, 鈥業 thought we鈥
鈥淚n a series of personal essays, journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the鈥
鈥淚n the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a Black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He鈥檚 working at his family鈥檚 restaurant,鈥