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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life

George Saunders

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction classics literary short stories challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays by Lauren Hough

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays

Lauren Hough

306 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

fiction classics historical science fiction speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
Going Nucular: Language, Politics and Culture in Confrontational Times by Geoffrey Nunberg

Going Nucular: Language, Politics and Culture in Confrontational Times

Geoffrey Nunberg

298 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

3.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

Wonder Boys

Michael Chabon

384 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

4.0jiujensu's review
fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction politics challenging informative medium-paced
Creation Revisited by Peter Atkins
Creation Revisited
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Peter Atkins

Creation Revisited

Peter Atkins

163 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction religion science challenging informative medium-paced
Irl: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives by Chris Stedman

Irl: Finding Realness, Meaning, and Belonging in Our Digital Lives

Chris Stedman

336 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
informative reflective medium-paced
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States by Maya Schenwar

Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States

Maya Schenwar

224 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

5.0jiujensu's review
nonfiction politics race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by Barbara Ehrenreich

Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War

Barbara Ehrenreich

304 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced