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PhD in Classics at Boston U. Augustan lit, gender & sexuality, sci-fi/fantasy reception. She/her. Also tweeting @CripAntiquity. #Insulin4All

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Book Cover for: Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution, R. F. Kuang

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

R. F. Kuang
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I’m currently reading R.F. Kuang’s Babel which is a fascinating examination of the use of language for colonial, imperial, and racist means (with magic). I’m not done yet but I recommend.

Paperback, 2023

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

Temi Oh
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8. Do You Dream Of Terra Two? By Temi Oh https://t.co/4TyPoiYuzv

Paperback, 2019

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Dictionary of Lost Words: Reese's Book Club, Pip Williams

The Dictionary of Lost Words: Reese's Book Club

Pip Williams
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I was finished reading The Dictionary of Lost Words last night and was just crying. Not just because of the bittersweet ending but also because of the invisible labor of women adjacent to academia we are still uncovering today

Paperback, 2022

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood
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I’ve been reading Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam books and she’s such a vivid writer that my dreams have been wild

Paperback, 2014

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Daughters of Sparta, Claire Heywood

Daughters of Sparta

Claire Heywood
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@clacey24 Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood is a split narrative with Helen and Klytemnestra. Electra by Jennifer Saint is similar but many more narrative perspectives. Also interestingly she shows up in Clare North’s Ithaca. But no solo book

Paperback, 2021

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Stone Blind

Natalie Haynes
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Next book on the “omg I’m so excited to read” list—Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes https://t.co/VEZuzH1h4O

Paperback, 2024

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: River Sing Me Home: A GMA Book Club Pick, Eleanor Shearer

River Sing Me Home: A GMA Book Club Pick

Eleanor Shearer
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2. River Sing Me Home, by Eleanor Shearer https://t.co/0kfrRMwC0K

Paperback, 2023

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Cloud Cuckoo Land

Anthony Doerr
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I’m currently reading Anthony Doerr’s _Cloud Cuckoo Land_ which has bits of Ancient Greek scattered through it. All I can say is that I should really brush up on my Greek

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Old Babes in the Wood: Stories, Margaret Atwood

Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

Margaret Atwood
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4. Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood (5/) https://t.co/wR05hRu741

Paperback, 2024

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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The Deep

Rivers Solomon
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4. The Deep, by Rivers Solomon (with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, and Jonathan Snipes). https://t.co/UtI5RrXePA

Paperback, 2020

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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