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Stonewall at 50: Suggested readings for Pride!

…book explores in depth. By examining transformations in the worlds of American film, music, and TV, alongside gains and reversals in the American court system, and our broader culture, Kaiser…

Reading Black History Month

…to originality, responsibility, creativity, responsibility? In Plot, the third book of poetry from Claudia Rankine, author of The End of the Alphabet and Citizen: An American Lyric, a pregnant woman’s…

Father’s Day Reads

…Comeback / Daniel de Vise In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, defeating French cycling legend Bernard…

Must Read Authors for Black History Month

…In this beautifully written, insightful, and devastating first novel, a young black father of three in a biracial marriage tries to claim a piece of the American Dream he has…

9 Must-Read Banned Books

American culture through its take on art and obscenity. Composed of a series of vignettes that mostly follow opioid addict William Lee in brief glimpses of his life, Naked Lunch…

Pride Yourself on Good Taste: Queer Books to add to your TBR for Pride Month!

…if you read your copy on a parade float! Queer by William S. Burroughs Set in 1950s Mexico City, the story of an American expatriate afflicted with heroin withdrawal who…

Trigger Point

by Matthew Glass

“In the manner of an epic Tom Clancy blockbuster, Glass’s . . . interconnected worlds of finance and politics exist in three (if not four) dimensions. He makes market manipulation…

Playing Through the Whistle

by S. L. Price

From a Sports Illustrated senior writer, a moving epic of football and industrial America, telling the story of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, its now-shuttered steel mill, and its legendary high school team….

Had a Good Time

by Robert Olen Butler

“All of these stories are told in the first person, but Butler rarely settles for impressing us with his range of vocal effects. He favors strong plots and strong twists….

1759

by Frank McLynn

 McLynn’s ability to bring history alive triumphs again in this vivid and elegant story of a pivotal moment in world history….