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chipped, writing from a skateborders lens, jose vadi, book review, nonficton

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José Vadi’s Chipped: Writing from a Skateboarder’s Lens pays homage to the art of the board.

arthur sze, silk dragon ii, translations of chinese poetry, book review

Found in Translation

joel selvin, drums and demons, jim gordon

A Different Drummer

marie mutsuki mockett, tree doctor, book review

The Year of Living Dangerously

lauren markham, a map of future ruins, book review, politics, nonfiction, european world history

The Mythologies of Place

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headshot, rita bullwinkel

The Sweet Science

extinction of irena rey, jennifer croft, novel

Lost in Translation

tommy orange, wandering stars

American Heritage

amanda churchill, turtle house, book review, fiction

Time’s Arrow

electric moons, india mandelkern

Urban Light

the life and writings of ralph j gleason, don armstrong, nonfiction, book review

The Music Never Stopped

dead in long beach california, venita blackburn, book review, fiction, novel

Science Fiction Double Feature

books, nonfiction, jonathan blitzer, everyone who is gone is here, central america, united states

The Secret History

the last fire season, manjula martin, book, nonfiction

Burning Down the House

where the body was, graphic novel, ed brubaker, sean phillips

Die Hard

rabbit hole, novel, fiction, kate brody

Doom Spiral

shoot the moon, isa arsen

The Persistence of Memory

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san francisco blues, jack kerouac

Kerouac’s Ghost

anthony veasna so, songs on endless repeat

Testament

a woman smiling with a squirrel on her shoulder

Back to Nature

daniel mason, north woods, fiction

In the Pines

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starkweather, the untold story of the killing spree that changed america, harry n maclean, nonfiction, book review

Badlands

melissa broder, death valley, book review, fiction, novel

Desert Hearts

american gun, true story of the ar15, cameron mcwhirter, zasha elinson, book review, nonfictiion

Bang Bang Shoot Shoot

a man with a beard

In Search of Lost Time

artificial, amy kurzweil

Even Better Than the Real Thing

daniel gumbiner, fire in the canyon

Burn Notice

thank you, falettimme be mice elf agin, sly stone, book review

Everyday People

mona awad, rouge, novel, fiction, book review

For Beauty’s Sake

a man of two faces, viet thanh nguyen, memoir

Double Vision

joshua mohr, farsickness, novel, fiction, book review

The Road to Chapel Perilous

second murder, denise mina

Playback

tod goldberg, gangsters don't die

Getting Away with It

creep, myriam gurba

Games Without Frontiers

roaming, graphic novel, jillian tamaki, mariko tamaki

The Turning Point

bogie and bacall, william j mann, book review

Love, Actually

lydia kiesling, mobility, book review, climate crisis

The End of the World as We Know It

edan lepucki, time's mouth

The Power of Perseverance

dark days, roger reeves

The Hush Harbor

ruth madievsky, all night pharmacy, debut novel, book review

Thicker than Water

the librarianist, patrick dewitt, novel, fiction, book review

The Quiet Man

jenny xie, holding pattern, book review, fiction, novel

The Right Touch

gail tsukiyama, the brightest star,

Burning Bright

brandon shiimoda, hydra medusa, poems, poetry, dreams, speculative talks, book review

Blood Inheritance

jane smiley, the questions that matter most, nonfiction, literature, book review

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