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Emily Raboteau Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Emily Raboteau is an author. Author of THE PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER, SEARCHING FOR ZION and LESSONS FOR SURVIVAL, forthcoming from @HenryHolt. Professor @CUNY. #ProtectTransKids

27 books
Book Cover for: The Fifth Season, Don Kline

The Fifth Season

Don Kline
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

You have 4 weeks left to read @nkjemisin’s THE FIFTH SEASON in time for the #ClimateReads book discussion led by @blackpotmojo on 11/17 @BPL_Presents via @XrRebelNYC w/ panelists @mmildenberger and Gerry Canovan. Register here: https://t.co/SS9WV6FEhO https://t.co/vf2oyY6NyE

Paperback, 2020

$14.73Member price:$7.36 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir, Margo Jefferson

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Margo Jefferson
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

@MauriceRuffin Margo Jefferson’s new memoir Constructing a Nervous System, and Adrienne Kennedy’s People Who Led to My Plays, on whose shoulders it stands.

Paperback, 2023

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms, Daniil Kharms

Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms

Daniil Kharms
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

– February 13th, 1938. [Trans. with Eugene Ostashevsky and Simona Schneider] From “Today I Wrote Nothing: the Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms.” Trans. Matvei Yankelevich @overlookpress

Paperback, 2009

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

Kimmerer shows us that awakening of ecological consciousness requires the knowledge and practice of a reciprocal relationship with the nonhuman living world, starting with language. I love teaching this paradigm-shifting book. It’s changing the discourse.

Paperback, 2015

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: White on White, Aysegül Savas

White on White

Aysegül Savas
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

Congratulations to my dear doppelgänger, Aysegul Savas, on this terrific review of her terrific second novel, White on White, from @riverheadbooks. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/books/review/aysegul-savas-white-on-white.html?referringSource=articleShare

Paperback, 2022

$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming, Ava Chin

Mott Street: A Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming

Ava Chin
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

I am SO excited to read this ARC from @penguinpress by my amazing @CUNY colleague, @AvaChin. Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming https://t.co/OAsoDdy2tM

Paperback, 2024

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Invisible Things, Mat Johnson

Invisible Things

Mat Johnson
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

A glowing review by @MichaelDirda in @washingtonpost for @mat_johnson’s new novel, INVISIBLE THINGS. https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2022/06/22/invisible-things-book/

Paperback, 2023

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty

Night of the Living Rez

Morgan Talty
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

Great review of @Morgan_J_Talty’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING REZ by @KerriArsenault in @nybooks. https://t.co/haxn4KPCh3

Paperback, 2022

$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, Angie Cruz

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Angie Cruz
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

My dear friend & neighbor @acruzwriter reading from her fabulous 4th novel, HOW NOT TO DROWN IN A GLASS OF WATER, @WordUpBooks @Flatironbooks uptown launch @DomWriters https://t.co/YHgBkK3w0l

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays, Joan Didion

Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays

Joan Didion
Emily RaboteauEmily Raboteau

Favorite essays (accessible online) by the late Greg Tate and Joan Didion?

Paperback, 2008

$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book