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The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies by Vito Russo

The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies

Vito Russo

368 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction art history lgbtqia+ challenging informative slow-paced
Charandas Chor by Habib Tanvir

Charandas Chor

Habib Tanvir

113 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
dark funny reflective medium-paced
A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji Al-Ali by Naji Al-Ali

A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons of Naji Al-Ali

Naji Al-Ali

117 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction art comics politics emotional reflective medium-paced
Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill

Cloud 9

Caryl Churchill

88 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
fiction play challenging funny reflective fast-paced
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Committed

The Sympathizer #2

Viet Thanh Nguyen

358 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
fiction literary thriller dark funny slow-paced
The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and the Stories by Nella Larsen

The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and the Stories

Nella Larsen

304 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
Creation by Bhajju Shyam

Creation

Bhajju Shyam

24 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history
A Darker Ribbon: A Twentieth-Century Story of Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors by Ellen Leopold

A Darker Ribbon: A Twentieth-Century Story of Breast Cancer, Women, and Their Doctors

Ellen Leopold

352 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction health
Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima by Robert Jay Lifton

Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima

Robert Jay Lifton

608 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction history psychology challenging informative medium-paced
E-mails from Scheherazad by Mohja Kahf

E-mails from Scheherazad

Mohja Kahf

128 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

5.0marcynewman's review
nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective slow-paced