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An open thread to kick off our discussion of Kaitlyn Greenidge's Libertie! https://t.co/F6Pvv8vP9l

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Wednesday at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET I will be in conversation with Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi about her new novel Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions, my October pick for The Audacious Book Club. You can register here: https://t.co/wTDgtISjnX https://t.co/uf300xl6GK

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Tonight, as part of my book club, I am in conversation with Helen Hoang about her novel, The Heart Principle. It's at 8 EST/5 PST and you can register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uCOYi5uIQqunI30FO6WzUQ

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A really vital book about NYC during the pandemic and the people who stayed

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I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel where the protagonist is subjected to so much suffering.

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Ripe is a gorgeous, devastating read, as formally inventive as it is accurate about the state of the climate crisis, the stark trajectory of capitalism, the painful complexities of family and of love, and the fate of the human beings trying to survive beneath the weight of it all

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What I love most about this novel is how taut the prose is from beginning to end… As the story unfolds, the energy becomes more and more claustrophobic and you feel everything Loyette is thinking and feeling. It is haunting and immersive and quietly heartbreaking.

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An elegantly structured, ambitious work of cultural criticism

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Land of Milk and Honey is a stunning read, a book that deftly juxtaposes the insularities and immoralities of wealth against the degradations of capitalism and the creep of climate crisis…

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It's a thrilling, haunting book, one I knew I needed to publish as soon as I read it.