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Average rating: 4.59 · 29 ratings · 3 reviews · 3 distinct works

	The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood by Emily Pérez (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Camille T. Dungy (Foreword), Diannely Antigua (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.61 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	DM Me, Mother Darling: Poems 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings	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
	Nightsink, Faucet Me a Lullaby it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	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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Alexa Doran wants to read Gendered Memories: An Imaginary Museum for Ding Ling and Chinese Female Revolutionary Martyrs by Xian Wang	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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Alexa Doran rated a book it was amazing Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People’s Business by Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author)	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
My heart SANK when I realized the book was almost over. I could truly listen to Gay talk about anything. This was a tough read for 2026 though. There's a lot of hope in these essays which has since been crushed... ...more
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Alexa Doran rated a book it was amazing The Passion by Jeanette Winterson	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
Uneexpectedly shattering. HER SENTENCES. my god, her sentences.
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Alexa Doran wants to read I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken	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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Alexa Doran rated a book really liked it Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America by J. Patrice McSherry	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
Brutal. Belligerently important. The lost star is because there is no attention to language, and the organizational structure and lack of context often leads to confusion. I haven't had to keep up with so many Josés since 100 Years of Solitude. ...more
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Alexa Doran wants to read The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara	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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Alexa Doran wants to read Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World by Davy Rothbart (Goodreads Author)	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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Alexa Doran wants to read Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen	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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Alexa Doran rated a book it was amazing History of an Executioner by Clancy McGilligan (Goodreads Author)	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
Carson McCullers meets JD Salinger. As someone who is often annoyed by plot, the predicaments here always felt both fresh and heavy. I immensely appreciated how every word felt as if it was chosen with the same precision needed to select a single grai ...more
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Alexa Doran rated a book it was amazing Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World by Jonathan Bate	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
491 pages of PURE FROLIC. This book will leave you with a tenderness.
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