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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

By Ruby Hamad

$16.95

Hurricane Season

Hurricane Season

By Fernanda Melchor

$16.95

Beowulf: A New Translation

Beowulf: A New Translation

By Maria Dahvana Headley

$15

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life

By Jane Sherron de Hart

$18

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

By Audre Lorde

$16.95

Greetings from Strange Planet (Strange Planet Series)

Greetings from Strange Planet (Strange Planet Series)

By Nathan W. Pyle

$14.99

Know My Name: A Memoir

Know My Name: A Memoir

By Chanel Miller

$18

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead: A Novel

By Olga Tokarczuk

$17

Frankissstein

Frankissstein

By Jeanette Winterson

$17

Sontag: Her Life and Work

Sontag: Her Life and Work

By Benjamin Moser

$22

The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care

By Anne Boyer

$18

Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces

Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces

By Jenny Erpenbeck

$16.95

The World That We Knew: A Novel

The World That We Knew: A Novel

By Alice Hoffman

$17

The Institute: A Novel

The Institute: A Novel

By Stephen King

$19.99

Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods

Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods

By Danna Staaf

$15.95

Intimations: Six Essays

Intimations: Six Essays

By Zadie Smith

$10.95

Around the World in 80 Trees

Around the World in 80 Trees

By Jonathan Drori

$19.99

Circe

Circe

By Madeline Miller

$16.99

Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Novel

Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Novel

By Meryem Alaoui

$16.99

Igifu

Igifu

By Scholastique Mukasonga

$18

Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

By J. W. Ocker

$19.99

The American Crisis: What Went Wrong. How We Recover.

The American Crisis: What Went Wrong. How We Recover.

By Writers of The Atlantic

$20

House on Endless Waters: A Novel

House on Endless Waters: A Novel

By Emuna Elon

$17

The Tenant

The Tenant

By Katrine Engberg

$16.99

On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal

By Naomi Klein

$18

I Am One: A Book of Action

I Am One: A Book of Action

By Susan Verde

$14.99

In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

In the Company of Women: Inspiration and Advice from over 100 Makers, Artists, and Entrepreneurs

$19.95

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For

By Alison Bechdel

$18.99

The Testaments: A Novel

The Testaments: A Novel

By Margaret Atwood

$16.95

The Little World of Liz Climo Postcard Book

The Little World of Liz Climo Postcard Book

By Liz Climo

$10.95

Dear Knausgaard: Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle (...Afterwords)

Dear Knausgaard: Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle (...Afterwords)

By Kim Adrian

$19.95

The Starless Sea: A Novel

The Starless Sea: A Novel

By Erin Morgenstern

$16.95

The Runaways: A Novel

The Runaways: A Novel

By Fatima Bhutto

$19.95

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was A Girl: A Memoir

Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was A Girl: A Memoir

By Jeannie Vanasco

$16.95

Find Me: A Novel

Find Me: A Novel

By André Aciman

$17

Three Women

Three Women

By Lisa Taddeo

$17

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

By Jia Tolentino

$18

Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)

Toni Morrison: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)

$16.99

The Memory Police: A Novel

The Memory Police: A Novel

By Yoko Ogawa

$16

Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy #1)

Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb Trilogy #1)

By Tamsyn Muir

$17.99

The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)

The Yellow House: A Memoir (2019 National Book Award Winner)

By Sarah M. Broom

$17

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century

$16.95

The Nickel Boys: A Novel

The Nickel Boys: A Novel

By Colson Whitehead

$15.95

Exhalation

Exhalation

By Ted Chiang

$16.95

The Gifted School: A Novel

The Gifted School: A Novel

By Bruce Holsinger

$17

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz

The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero Who Infiltrated Auschwitz

By Jack Fairweather

$19.99

The Last Train to London: A Novel

The Last Train to London: A Novel

By Meg Waite Clayton

$16.99

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays

Wow, No Thank You.: Essays

By Samantha Irby

$15.95

Normal People: A Novel

Normal People: A Novel

By Sally Rooney

$17

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel

Daisy Jones & The Six: A Novel

By Taylor Jenkins Reid

$17

We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

By Bettina Love

$16

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland

By Patrick Radden Keefe

$16.95

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

By Michelle Alexander

$18.99

Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel (Booker Prize Winner)

By Bernardine Evaristo

$17

So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

By Ijeoma Oluo

$16.99

Severance: A Novel

Severance: A Novel

By Ling Ma

$17

Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel

Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel

By Celeste Ng

$17

The Overstory: A Novel

The Overstory: A Novel

By Richard Powers

$18.95

Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower

By Octavia E. Butler

$16.99

Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom: Inspirational Quotes and Wise Words from a Legendary Icon

Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom: Inspirational Quotes and Wise Words from a Legendary Icon

$9.99

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

By Trevor Noah

$18

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #4)

An African American and Latinx History of the United States (REVISIONING HISTORY #4)

By Paul Ortiz

$16

The End of Policing

The End of Policing

By Alex S. Vitale

$17.95

Conversations with Friends: A Novel

Conversations with Friends: A Novel

By Sally Rooney

$17

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

By Robin DiAngelo

$16

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By Richard Rothstein

$17.95

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

By Yuval Noah Harari

$24.99

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

By Ibram X. Kendi

$19.99

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

By Bessel van der Kolk

$19

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

By Bryan Stevenson

$17

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration

By Isabel Wilkerson

$17.95

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)

The Bluest Eye (Vintage International)

By Toni Morrison

$14.95

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)

The Fire Next Time (Vintage International)

By James Baldwin

$13.95

All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation)

All About Love: New Visions (Love Song to the Nation)

By bell hooks

$15.99

The Song of Achilles: A Novel

The Song of Achilles: A Novel

By Madeline Miller

$16.99

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

By Patrisse Khan-Cullors , asha bandele

$16.99

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