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Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

Citizen: An American Lyric

Claudia Rankine

169 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0five's review
nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World by Douglas Carlton Abrams, Desmond Tutu, Dalai Lama XIV

The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World

Douglas Carlton Abrams, Desmond Tutu, Dalai Lama XIV

354 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0five's review
nonfiction philosophy self help hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

130 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

5.0five's review
nonfiction essays feminism politics informative reflective medium-paced
Crush by Richard Siken

Crush

Yale Series of Younger Poets

Richard Siken

62 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

5.0five's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry dark emotional reflective medium-paced
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson

146 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

5.0five's review
fiction classics horror literary dark mysterious medium-paced