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Reading List: January and February 2020

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My brain has been pretty good so far this year, which is always just a roll of the dice. I’ve probably been able to read at some point every week. I always count my books in the year I finish

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Favorite Reads of 2019

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I set an ambitious book goal for the year. I did not come even close to achieving it. The most important thing to know about my reading experience, is that it based on a game I like to call “library

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Reading List: She Said

Cover of the book "She Said"

I love finding books that stay with me for a very long time. One of the best compliments I can give a book is to say it was horrible. By which I mean, the book revealed and chewed on something

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Reading List: A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum

Reading List: A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum

Wow. I just finished this novel, and it was intense. It hurts to read. It hurts to imagine. And it hurts in moments where it is relatable, despite my culture and privilege differences from the characters. Etaf tells a story

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Reading List: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Reading List: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

Yaa Gyasi‘s novel “Homegoing” is a masterfully written historical novel. It begins in Ghana, and tells the story of the progression of two lines of a family tree over eight generations. One branch stays substantially in Ghana with a complex

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Reading List: Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla Saad

Reading List: Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla Saad

I just finished my first pass with Layla Saad’s “Me and White Supremacy Workbook.” I say first pass, because this book needs to be worked more than once. At its core, the workbook consists of 28 sets of writing prompts

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Reading List: The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Reading List: The Library Book by Susan Orlean

My first book of the year: The Library Book by Susan Orlean. This book tells the story of the Los Angeles Central Library, with a special focus on the fire that closed it for six years (and a bizarre investigation). Interspersed, are

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Reading List: Sick by Porochista Khakpour

Reading List: Sick by Porochista Khakpour

  Several women published books about women and healthcare this year, and I eagerly read “Doing Harm” by Maya Dusenbery when it came out this spring. I had almost forgotten about “Sick” by Porochista Khakpour until a friend posted a

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