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KALW Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Counterfeit, Kirstin Chen

Counterfeit

Kirstin Chen
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Listen now: @kirstin_chen reads from her new book “Counterfeit,” a novel about two women who band together to grow a counterfeit handbag scheme into a global enterprise, shattering the model minority myth along the way. https://bit.ly/3uREEKH #KALWradio #NewArrivals #Books https://t.co/0NGa7nuJvW

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays, Lauren Hough

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays

Lauren Hough
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For Veterans Day, Out in the Bay presents writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love cult The Children of God (later called The Family). She reads from her book of essays, “Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing." #LGBTQI #queerpodcast https://t.co/TaFql3sP1P

Paperback, 2021

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000, Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965-2000

Alice Walker
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Alice Walker is known for her gift of storytelling. Yet her personal life is a powerful story in itself. She talks about why her latest book is a collection of her journals titled "Gathering Blossoms Under Fire." https://buff.ly/38SFcHW

Hardcover, 2022

$32.50$16.25 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Gathering Blossoms Under Fire, Alice Walker

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire

Alice Walker
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Alice Walker is known for her gift of storytelling. Yet her personal life is a powerful story in itself. She talks about why her latest book is a collection of her journals titled "Gathering Blossoms Under Fire." https://t.co/WW3oBvbsop

Hardcover, Large Print, 2022

$33.99$17.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Spell Heaven: And Other Stories, Toni Mirosevich

Spell Heaven: And Other Stories

Toni Mirosevich
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Author and poet Toni Mirosevich finds peers on the Pacifica Pier. On @OutintheBaySF this Friday, she reads from her book, "Spell Heaven and other stories," in which a lesbian couple moves to a coastal town and finds belonging. Listen now: https://t.co/pGEzHSreNF

Paperback, 2022

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora, Sarah Ladipo Manyika

Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora

Sarah Ladipo Manyika
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In her new book, "Between Starshine and Clay: Conversations from the African Diaspora," Sarah Ladipo Manyika guides her readers through a series of intimate encounters with some of the most distinguished Black thinkers of our times. Listen to her discuss: https://t.co/HDcve4YQuB

Hardcover, 2023

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Donations: Notebook, Wild Pages Press

Donations: Notebook

Wild Pages Press
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Together, we have raised more than $20,000 so far to help replace KALW's transmitter. And we got some GREAT NEWS: Donations made before midnight will be doubled thanks to a $25,000 matching gift from a generous listener. So why wait? DONATE now at https://kalw.givecloud.co/product/CapCamp/capital-campaign https://t.co/LYaSigBlvq

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Book Cover for: Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew, Michael W. Twitty

Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew

Michael W. Twitty
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Chef Michael W. Twitty considers the marriage the African Atlantic and the global Jewish diaspora in his new book Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew. Listen now: https://t.co/kryuvor6hj

Paperback, 2023

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Tell Me More about That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time, Rob Volpe

Tell Me More about That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time

Rob Volpe
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Book Break: Listen to San Francisco author Rob Volpe read from his new book, "Tell Me More About That." It's about the steps to follow to be empathetic in the moment of conversation with other people, told through my own personal stories. #booklovers https://t.co/W08LaUEaDF

Hardcover, 2022

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Legacy, Benjamin D. Author

Legacy

Benjamin D. Author
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Happy birthday to Walter Benjamin, German Jewish critical theorist and philosopher. 🎉Listen to #PhilosophyTalk this Sunday at 11 am for an enchanting conversation with author Margaret Cohen about his intellectual legacy. #KALWradio #BayAreaPublicRadio https://t.co/55fmTYHsSt

Hardcover, 2020

$21.50$10.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book