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You’ll Be Okay
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Edie Parker Kerouac |
Edie Parker was eighteen years old when she met Jack Kerouac at Columbia University in 1940. A young socialite from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she had come to New York to study art, and quickly found h… |
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The Poetry of Healing
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Rafael Campo |
A stunning prose debut combining the intimate lyricism of a Richard Rodriguez, the compassionate expertise of an Abraham Verghese. The healing powers of speech, of touch, of empathy and the erotic, o… |
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Coming Unbuttoned
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James Broughton |
In his memoir *Coming Unbuttoned* (1993), Broughton recounts his childhood, reflects on his work, and remarks on his love affairs with both men and women.
Among his male lovers were gay activist … |
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The Winged Seed
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Li-Young Lee |
A personal account by the celebrated Chinese-American poet offers a magical work of memory and myth that recounts a childhood of exile, his father's imprisonment, his discovery of the significance of… |
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Latehomecomer
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Kao Kalia Yang |
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to America. But lacking a wri… |
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