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Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay

Inciting Joy: Essays

Ross Gay

248 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

The Book of Delights: Essays

Ross Gay

288 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney

A Heart That Works

Rob Delaney

180 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

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nonfiction memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib

Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to a Tribe Called Quest

Hanif Abdurraqib

207 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir music reflective slow-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)

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nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays

Alexander Chee

288 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Care Of by Ivan Coyote

Care Of

Ivan Coyote

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ literary memoir travel emotional reflective medium-paced
The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories by Anthony Marra

The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories

Anthony Marra

384 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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fiction historical short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
Tin Man by Sarah Winman

Tin Man

Sarah Winman

213 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad slow-paced