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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

312 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

House of Frank

Kay Synclaire

337 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot

Mikki Kendall

287 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better by Saira Rao, Regina Jackson

White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better

Saira Rao, Regina Jackson

173 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Earthseed #1

Octavia E. Butler

336 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
fiction classics dystopian literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian

Modern Divination

Spells for Life and Death #1

Isabel Agajanian

512 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang

Blood Over Bright Haven

M.L. Wang

448 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
fiction fantasy dark emotional tense medium-paced
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

The Poppy War #1

R.F. Kuang

530 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
fiction fantasy historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension

Hanif Abdurraqib

334 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
nonfiction essays memoir sports emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

336 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0pdxpagemaster's review
fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective tense medium-paced