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#OwnVoices: New books from diverse writers
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Lone stars
by Justin Deabler
Invited by his husband to share his ancestral history with their son, Julian reflects on generations of his Texas family and how it was shaped by immigration, the Vietnam War and other historical events. 40,000 first printing.
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Unfinished : A Memoir
by Priyanka Chopra Jonas
In a revealing memoir, readers will accompany one of the world’s most recognizable women on her journey of self-discovery. Illustrations.
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The prophets : a novel
by Robert Jones
Two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation find refuge in each other while transforming a quiet shed into a haven for their fellow slaves, before an enslaved preacher declares their bond sinful. A first novel.
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Vibrate higher : a rap story
by Talib Kweli
One of the most lyrically gifted, socially conscious rappers of the past 20 years offers a firsthand account of hip-hop as a political force. 75,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Detransition, baby : a novel
by Torrey Peters
A trans woman, her detransitioned ex and his cisgender lover build an unconventional family together in the wake of heartbreak and an unplanned pregnancy, in a book by the author of the novella, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones.
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The Devil You Know : A Black Power Manifesto
by Charles M. Blow
The New York Times columnist and best-selling author of Fire Shut Up in My Bones presents a rallying call to action that challenges popular myths about race and urges Black Americans to unite against white supremacy. 250,000 first printing
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Floating in a most peculiar way : A Memoir
by Louis Onuorah Chude-Sokei
A prominent African-American scholar discusses his childhood displacement from the short-lived African nation of Biafra to a relative's strictly religious Jamaican household before arriving in his mother's California home on the eve of the L.A. Riots. 25,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Black Magic : What Black Leaders Learned from Trauma and Triumph
by Chad Sanders
An evocative tribute to Black achievement in a discriminating world draws on interviews with black leaders, scientists, artists, activists and champions while exploring the author's own experiences of being forced to emulate white culture. 60,000 first printing.
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Milk Fed
by Melissa Broder
Transitioning from her Jewish faith to dieting to maintain an illusion of existential control, Rachel bonds with an Orthodox woman at a frozen yogurt shop before embarking on a journey of food, desire and spiritual fulfillment. 100,000 first printing.
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Black Buck
by Mateo Askaripour
An unambitious college graduate accepts a job at Sumwun, the hottest NYC startup, and reimagines himself as "Buck" a ruthless salesman and begins to hatch a plan to help young people of color infiltrate America's sales force. 75,000 first printing.
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We Play Ourselves
by Jen Silverman
After a blistering public shaming, a promising young playwright heads to Los Angeles to reinvent herself and work on a semi-documentary about a group of teen girls who have a Fight Club inspired by the book and film.
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Aftershocks : a memoir
by Nadia Owusu
An award-winning essayist combines literary memoir and cultural history to examine her personal struggles with her mixed-heritage identity and the emotional trauma of her mother’s abandonment and father’s dark secrets. 100,000 first printing. Tour.
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Milk Blood Heat
by Dantiel W. Moniz
A debut collection explores such topics as human connections, race, womanhood, inheritance and inner darkness in a series of intergenerational tales featuring protagonists in the sultry cities and suburbs of Florida.
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My Year Abroad
by Chang-Rae Lee
An everyday American college student finds his life transformed by a Chinese-American businessman who unexpectedly takes him under his wing on a series of whimsical, heartbreaking and darkly shocking adventures throughout Asia. By the award-winning author of Native Speaker
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Infinite Country
by Patricia Engel
Moving their family to what they believe will be a safer but temporary home in Houston, two young parents are forced to choose between an undocumented status in America and returning to the violence of war-torn Bogatá. 75,000 first printing.
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