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Composite image of ten book covers included in the summer reads listicle. Books include: “Love Marriage”. “Olga Dies Dreaming", ”Girl on Fire”, By the Book”, “Young Mungo”, “There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important", "Portrait of a Thief", "Girls Can Kiss Girls Now", and "Happy-Go-Lucky".
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POV: Why Isaac Asimov’s Novels Still Speak to Us Today, 100 Years after His Birth

October 19, 2020
Composite image of book covers of the following books: Lucy, by Jamaica Kincaid (1990), Aye, and Gomorrah, by Samuel R. Delany (1967), The Women, by Hilton Als (1996), Black No More, George S. Schuyler (1931), The Wine of Astonishment, by Earl Lovelace (1982, Corregidora, by Gayl Jones (1975)
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For #BlackoutBestsellerList Movement, Six Must-Read Books

June 17, 2020

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