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Ask Me: 100 Essential Poemsby William StaffordFrom one of Oregon's most celebrated writers, Ask Me offers readers a collection of poetry culled from the fifty books Stafford published in his lifetime, including "Traveling Through the Dark," "You Reading This, Be Ready," and "A Family Turn."
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Binary Star: a Novelby Sarah GerardWith luminous, lyrical prose, Binary Star is an impassioned account of a young woman struggling with anorexia and her long-distance, alcoholic boyfriend. On a road trip circumnavigating the United States, they stumble into a book on veganarchism, and believe they've found a direction.
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Born on the Fourth of Julyby Ron KovicA former Marine, paralyzed from the chest down as a result of an injury suffered in Vietnam, recalls his youth, battlefield experiences, and the agonies of his slow reentry into American society.
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Faces in the Crowd: a Novelby Valeria LuiselliMultiple narrators' voices overlap as they tell their stories, including a young mother in contemporary Mexico City, a translator wandering Harlem, and a man dreaming of New York in 1950s Philadelphia.
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Fish In Exileby Vi Khi NaoThe loss of a child takes mythological, magical casts —distortions that allow us to see the contours of grief more clearly.
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God In Pink: a Novelby Hasan NamirA closeted young Muslim in 2003 Iraq struggles to reconcile his sexuality with his religion and culture, and seeks the counsel of a local sheikh who begins to question his own belief system.
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Portland Noirby Kevin SampsellPortland natives will appreciate shout-outs to lesser-known landmarks, like the weekly showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Clinton Street Theater in Ariel Gore's “Water Under the Bridge." Standouts stories include Floyd Skloot's eerily poignant “Alzheimer's Noir”; Jonathan Selwood's “The Wrong House"; and Bill Cameron's “Coffee, Black,” which features not only his series regular, retired detective Thomas “Skin” Kadash, but also one of the city's most prized commodities: coffee. The 16 stories in this anthology demonstrate that a little rain is never a deterrent to murder. - Publishers Weekly.
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Pushout: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schoolsby Monique W. MorrisThe author of Black Stats, Monique W. Morris chronicles the experiences of school age black girls across the United States. Morris discusses how to address policies, practices, and a cultural illiteracy that push these students out of school and into unsafe and unstable futures.
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The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld: a Memoirby Justin HockingSurfing in Far Rockaway, romantic obsession, and Moby-Dick converge in this winning and refreshing memoir. Justin Hocking lands in New York hopeful but adrift - he's jobless, unexpectedly overwhelmed and disoriented by the city, struggling with anxiety and obsession, and attempting to maintain a faltering long-distance relationship. But in the wake of a traumatic robbery incident, the dark undercurrents of his ocean-obsession pull him further and further out on his own night sea journey.
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