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Books Like Us

Conversations about the books that move us, shake us, and shape us.

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On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous – Ocean Vuong

In my experience, the cluster of days between one year’s end and another’s beginning are ripe with reflection. I can’t s... Read more

8 Jan 2020

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The Marrow Thieves – Cherie Dimaline

The Marrow Thieves – Cherie Dimaline

Dystopian YA fiction brings readers into settings that feel simultaneously distant and close. The adolescent characters ... Read more

1 Sep 2019

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Anne of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery

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“People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven... Read more

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Poems from Guantánamo: The Detainees Speak – Edited by Mark Falkoff

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What kind of spring is this, / Where there are no flowers and / The air is filled with a miserable smell? – Shaikh Abdur... Read more

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up – Marie Kondo

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that we often judge books by their cover. In the case of Marie Kondo’s The Life-C... Read more

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The Argonauts – Maggie Nelson

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I Am a Strange Loop – Douglas Hofstadter

I Am a Strange Loop – Douglas Hofstadter

Who am I? Why I am here? Why did it take me so long to get this thirtieth episode up and running? What is the self? What... Read more

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Asking for It – Louise O’Neill

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