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Illuminations: Essays and Reflections by Walter Benjamin

Illuminations: Essays and Reflections

Walter Benjamin

288 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

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nonfiction essays philosophy challenging reflective slow-paced
The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord

The Society of the Spectacle

Guy Debord

160 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry

The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World

Elaine Scarry

385 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

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nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Photographer's Eye by John Szarkowski

The Photographer's Eye

John Szarkowski

155 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

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nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
May We Shed These Human Bodies by Amber Sparks

May We Shed These Human Bodies

Amber Sparks

150 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

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fiction magical realism short stories adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit

A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Rebecca Solnit

207 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje

The Collected Works of Billy the Kid

Michael Ondaatje

105 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

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fiction historical poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

267 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

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nonfiction essays feminism gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

130 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction essays feminism politics informative reflective medium-paced