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Observer Arts Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Trans Girl Suicide Museum, Hannah Baer

Trans Girl Suicide Museum

Hannah Baer
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Feel Pieces: Hannah Baer On ‘Trans Girl Suicide Museum’ and Memes https://t.co/mDgydQZeZc https://t.co/wvz9zNTlm8

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Book Cover for: How Could She, Lauren Mechling

How Could She

Lauren Mechling
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‘How Could She’ author Lauren Mechling on her novel, a book she tried to make “as scandalous and important as my conversations and text messages with friends.” https://bit.ly/3oA40IR

Paperback, 2020

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Don Carlos: Libretto, Giuseppe Verdi

Don Carlos: Libretto

Giuseppe Verdi
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The Met Opera performs Giuseppe Verdi's epic 'Don Carlos' with opera favorites Matthew Polenzani and Sonya Yoncheva. https://t.co/Dc9qfvtebM

Paperback, 1986

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Orwell's Roses, Rebecca Solnit

Orwell's Roses

Rebecca Solnit
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Rebecca Solnit's new novel 'Orwell’s Roses' shifts lyrically between George Orwell’s life and a history of roses. https://t.co/aSuX8vr9dt

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Manhunt, Gretchen Felker-Martin

Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin
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Gretchen Felker-Martin's long awaited 'Manhunt' is out today. A masterful genre-bending horror novel, it's is a must read. https://t.co/fYo88wE3Si

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Spindle Splintered, Alix E. Harrow

A Spindle Splintered

Alix E. Harrow
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Mona Awad's "All's Well," Alix E. Harrow’s "A Spindle Splintered," and Bethany C. Morrow's "So Many Beginnings" all tackle chronic illness and disability in unique ways. https://t.co/61uQdLMow1

Hardcover, 2021

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath
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Like ‘The Bell Jar,’ Sylvia Plath’s semi-recently discovered short story deals with a central character riddled with guilt for not being in control of her own destiny. https://bit.ly/3bXso1c

Paperback, 2005

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995, Patricia Highsmith

Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks: 1941-1995

Patricia Highsmith
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'Patricia Highsmith: Her Diaries and Notebooks' begin in 1941, following a twenty-year old woman living at home and going to college in New York. https://t.co/A6VVpUiyZk

Hardcover, 2021

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: American Utopia, David Byrne

American Utopia

David Byrne
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David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ gives audiences a chance to reflect on the world they want to see. https://t.co/x5leJRJiIt

Hardcover, 2020

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Matrix, Lauren Groff

Matrix

Lauren Groff
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Lauren Groff riddles out questions of power, gender, desire, and control that remain as relevant now as they were in the hushed hallways of a British monastery untouched by electricity. https://bit.ly/3EOBPwO

Paperback, 2022

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