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City Poet by Brad Gooch

The Jewel Tree of Tibet by Robert A.F. Thurman

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There's Only One Sin in Hollywood

by Rasheed Newson (Goodreads Author)

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The Disappearers

by Marlon James

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The Housewives Underground: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the JFK Assassination Our Most Enduring Mystery

by Kaitlyn Tiffany

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Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

What was there to complain about? A murdered wife? A sore back? The wrong grade copper? Living happened till it didn’t. There was no choice in it. To say no to a new day would be unthinkable. So each morning you said yes, then stepped into ...more

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