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FICTION

The atlas of reds and blues : a novel
by Devi S. Laskar

10 copies
A second-generation American daughter of Bengali immigrants moves from Atlanta into a wealthy suburb and discovers that nothing has changed since her childhood in a small, southern town as a person of color.

Black buck
by Mateo Askaripour

15 copies
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 Americas sales force. 75,000 first printing.

Exit west : a novel
by Mohsin Hamid

10 copies
Two young lovers engage in a furtive affair shaped by local unrest on the eve of a civil war that erupts in a cataclysmic bombing attack, forcing them to abandon their previous home and lives

If I had two wings : stories
by Randall Kenan

15 copies
The author of Let the Dead Bury Their Dead Pa explores the eerie persistence of history, unstoppable loss, unexpected salvation and appetites of all kinds in 10 stories that chronicle ineffable events in everyday lives.

Infinite country : a novel
by Patricia Engel

15 copies
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 Bogotá

On the come up
by Angie Thomas

15 copies
A follow-up to the award-winning The Hate U Give finds an ambitious young rapper pouring her frustrations into a first song only to find herself at the center of a viral controversy that forces her to become the menace that her public reputation has portrayed her to be.

Sabrina & Corina : stories
by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

10 copies
A short story collection about female relationships and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands features Latina protagonists of indigenous descent who cautiously navigate the violence and changes in a Denver, Colorado community

The siren of Sussex
by Mimi Matthews

15 copies
Welcomed into fashionable society wearing the designs of boundary-pushing, half-Indian designer Ahmad Malik, daring equestrienne Evelyn Maltravers must decide what matters most making her mark or following her heart.

The tobacco wives : a novel
by Adele Myers

15 copies
In 1947 North Carolina, seamstress Maddie Sykes, a dressmaker for Bright Leafs most influential womenthe wives of powerful tobacco executives, uncovers dangerous truths about this lucrative industry in a place where everyone depends on Big Tobacco to survive.

NONFICTION

The best of enemies : race and redemption in the new South
by Osha Gray Davidson

15 copies
Describes how C.P. Ellis, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and Ann Atwater, an African American civil rights activist, overcame racial divisions to forge a strong friendship

Craft : an American history
by Glenn Adamson

15 copies
At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry and technology-while craftspeople and handmade objects are relegated to a bygone past. Renowned historian Glenn Adamson turns that narrative on its head in this innovative account, revealing makers' central role in shaping America's identity.

Disability visibility : first-person stories from the twenty-first century
by Alice Wong

15 copies
This collection of essays from contemporary disabled writers celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act focuses on issues such as disabled performers in the theater and the everyday lives of the community.

Librarian tales : funny, strange, and inspiring dispatches from the stacks
by William Ottens

15 copies
"Here is the good, the bad, and the ugly of librarian William Ottens's experience working behind service desks and in the stacks of public libraries, most recently at the Lawrence Public Library in Kansas. In Librarian Tales, published in cooperation with the American Library Association, readers will learn about strange things librarians have found in book drops, weird and obscure reference questions, the stress of tax season, phrases your local librarians never want to hear, stories unique to children's librarians, and more"

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
by Alicia Elliott

10 copies
In an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about the treatment of Native people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma, Alicia Elliott offers indispensable insight into the ongoing legacy of colonialism. She engages with such wide-ranging topics as race, parenthood, love, mental illness, poverty, sexual assault, gentrification, writing and representation, and in the process makes connections both large and small between the past and present, the personal and political.

The pretty one : on life, pop culture, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me
by Keah Brown

10 copies
Reflects on the author's experiences as a black woman with cerebral palsy, exploring her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin, love of pop culture, and activism on behalf of people with disabilities.