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Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services by Kelley Fong

Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services

Kelley Fong

296 pages • hardcover

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nonfiction sociology medium-paced
Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry by adrienne maree brown

Fables and Spells: Collected and New Short Fiction and Poetry

Emergent Strategy #6

adrienne maree brown

324 pages • paperback • 2022

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fiction poetry short stories speculative fiction adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health by Micha Frazer-Carroll

Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health

Micha Frazer-Carroll

192 pages • paperback • 2023

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nonfiction health politics psychology sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Abolition Feminisms Vol. 1: Organizing, Survival, and Transformative Practice by Alisa Bierria, Jakeya Caruthers, Brooke Lober

Abolition Feminisms Vol. 1: Organizing, Survival, and Transformative Practice

Alisa Bierria, Jakeya Caruthers, Brooke Lober

270 pages • digital • 2022

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nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love

We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Bettina Love

7 hours, 48 minutes • audio user-added

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nonfiction education politics race emotional reflective slow-paced
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City

Andrea Elliott

21 hours, 10 minutes • audio • 2021

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nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

179 pages • paperback • 2020

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade

Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)

Dean Spade

152 pages • paperback • 2020

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nonfiction philosophy politics reference hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Transcendent Kingdom

Yaa Gyasi

268 pages • hardcover • 2020

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fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt

There Are Trans People Here

H. Melt

65 pages • paperback • 2021

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced