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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)

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nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith

493 pages • first pub 1943 (editions)

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fiction classics literary emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Ejeris Dixon

Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Ejeris Dixon

347 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction essays gender race sociology informative reflective slow-paced
Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

266 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction essays health lgbtqia+ sociology emotional reflective slow-paced
Like a Boy But Not a Boy: Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood Outside the Gender Binary by Andrea Bennett

Like a Boy But Not a Boy: Navigating Life, Mental Health, and Parenthood Outside the Gender Binary

Andrea Bennett

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction essays gender memoir emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction gender graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional informative reflective fast-paced
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong

246 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom

I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World

Kai Cheng Thom

155 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ poetry challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced
Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme by Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman

Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme

Ivan Coyote, Zena Sharman

312 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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nonfiction essays gender lgbtqia+ informative inspiring reflective fast-paced