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Average rating: 4.59 · 200 ratings · 48 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography 4.63 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rainbow Connection: Richard Hunt, Gay Muppeteer 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Walk Back to Myself 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jessica Stein has read A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Jessica Stein liked Susan Scribner's review of The Romance of American Communism: "Originally published in 1978, this is a unique portrait of American Communists in their heyday. Vivian Gornick interviewed scores of ordinary people about their "Communist journey" (sorry) - what factors engaged them, their everyday lives, and the la" Read more of this review »
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Jessica Stein and 2 other people liked Susan Scribner's review of My Mama, Cass: A Memoir: "Owen Elliot-Kugell was 7 years old when her mother, Cass Elliot, passed away in 1974. So she has few personal memories of (arguably) the strongest singer in The Mamas & the Papas, and instead heavily relies on interviews and secondary sources to piec" Read more of this review »
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Jessica Stein liked Shirley's review of Funny Boy: The Richard Hunt Biography: "5/5 stars, and I knew I’d love this book from page 1! This is one of the most in depth, informative, and heart felt biographies I’ve ever read. Stein’s thorough account of the larger than life, Richard Hunt, is so lovingly tailored and detailed, that" Read more of this review »
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Jessica Stein asked a question about Detective Aunty: Who had the dead guy’s phone?? Guess we’ll all have to read the next book!
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Jessica Stein made a comment on Paul Mason’s review of Baldwin: A Love Story " Then why did you only give it two stars? "
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
― Audre Lorde

tags: courage, empowering, fear, feminist, political, powerful, vision, women-strength

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“All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off the shelf. But if I have the right to remove that book from the shelf - that work I abhor - then you also have exactly the same right and so does everyone else. And then we have no books left on the shelf for any of us.”
― Katherine Paterson

tags: books, censorship, reading

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