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Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

Rejection

Tony Tulathimutte

272 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
fiction contemporary literary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls

Feeding Ghosts

Tessa Hulls

391 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
nonfiction graphic novel memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

Martyr!

Kaveh Akbar

331 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

104 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Water & Salt by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

Water & Salt

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

96 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir by Shayla Lawson

How to Live Free in a Dangerous World: A Decolonial Memoir

Shayla Lawson

320 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir travel medium-paced
Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Grass

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

471 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
nonfiction biography graphic novel history dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski

208 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed

Shubeik Lubeik

Deena Mohamed

528 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0jayisreading's review
fiction fantasy graphic novel emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced