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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
West: A Translation by Paisley Rekdal

West: A Translation

Paisley Rekdal

176 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction history memoir poetry medium-paced
North Woods by Daniel Mason

North Woods

Daniel Mason

382 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
fiction historical literary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems by Danez Smith

Don't Call Us Dead: Poems

Danez Smith

96 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Homie: Poems by Danez Smith

Homie: Poems

Danez Smith

84 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry race emotional reflective fast-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

391 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

291 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir music race sociology emotional reflective medium-paced
Having and Being Had by Eula Biss

Having and Being Had

Eula Biss

336 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction essays politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

John Green

293 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction essays history memoir science hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
What Work Is: Poems by Philip Levine

What Work Is: Poems

Philip Levine

96 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0bogs714's review
nonfiction poetry reflective slow-paced