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    So Many Stars

    Caro de Robertis' So Many Stars shares the personal stories of 20 trans and nonbinary people of color over age 50 who, through their activism, art, and courage, have helped pave the way for the LGBTQ+...

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    Nicky Calma, aka Tita Aida

    In Caro de Robertis' work of transcribed oral history, So Many Stars, one of the interviewees is Nicky Calma. She shares the story of how, along with others at the Filipino Task Force on AIDS, she ...

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    Awake in the Floating City

    Susanna Kwan's debut novel, Awake in the Floating City, is an ode to her hometown of San Francisco, nostalgic about the city's past and poignantly speculative of a post-apocalyptic future. Middle-aged...

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    Community-Based Resources for Aging in Place

    In Awake in the Floating City, Bo is an artist who supports herself by working as a caregiver to home-bound elderly clients. Remaining in one's own home, often living alone and having caregiver help...

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    The Slip

    The Slip by Lucas Schaefer begins with a newspaper clipping highlighting the ten-year disappearance of Nathaniel Rothstein. Nathaniel, a troubled Jewish sixteen-year-old from Newton, Massachusetts, ...

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    The Widespread Appeal of Boxing

    A central element of The Slip by Lucas Schaefer is Terry Tucker's Boxing Gym in Austin, Texas, which serves as a hub connecting the story's characters. The gym, attracting individuals from diverse...

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    Murderland

    America in the 1970s has been described as "the golden age of serial killers." The I-5 Killer, BTK, the Night Stalker, the Hillside Stranglers, the Grocery Bag Killer, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer,...

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    Superfund Sites: How the Environmental Protection Agency Cleans Up Waste

    In her book Murderland, Caroline Fraser examines the lead-crime hypothesis, the theory that children exposed to high levels of lead have neurological changes that lead to increased aggressiveness ...

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    Endling

    Maria Reva's debut novel Endling follows a group of Ukrainian women involved in "romance tours"—a cultural phenomenon akin to the mail-order bride system in which men from around the world come ...

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    Chernozem: The National Soil of Ukraine

    In Endling, Maria Reva centers Ukrainian identity, whether her focus is on romance tours or the snail conservation efforts of one of the central 'brides' named Yeva. Through Yeva's work, we learn ...

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    Meet Me at the Crossroads

    When the parents of twin sisters Ayanna and Olivia divorce, each takes primary custody of one daughter. Though both girls are growing up Black in the Midwest, their upbringings could not be more ...

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    Books About Magical Portals

    In Megan Giddings' novel Meet Me at the Crossroads, magical doors appear around the world, offering an entry into another dimension. The modern portal fantasy genre, where a magical entryway leads...

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