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Muneera and the Moon by Sonia Sulaiman

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Not into it.
Kinda clunky.
But I liked its quiet queerness.

A Land with a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Esther Farmer, Sarah Sills

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This is book that digs into Zionest brainwashing and indoctrination and propaganda.
And it digs into the long, long history of Palestinian resistance.
Enraging and, also, little specks of hope.
Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda

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Absolutely brilliant history/archive/dreaming of Indigenous California.
A weaving many truths.
An invitation into storytelling.
Gesundheit! by Chen Chen, Sam Herschel Wein

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Play! Joy! Friendship!
What a delicious poetry.
What odd and serene and spectacular arrangements. 
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow

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So real!
Excruciating, in a good way.
Incredible characterization of kids and adults.
Blood Orange by Yaffa As

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Angry, sad, fierce, hoping.
Direct.
Not my kind of poetry, but it might be yours.
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

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Reread: Look, my people. It's my favorite book. What can I say?

Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. It is perfect.
The most earnest book I have ever read.
To be alive--what wild, beautiful grace.
Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern

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We take care of ourselves by taking care of each other.
We take care of ourselves by taking care of each other.
We take care of ourselves by taking care of each other.
Faltas: Letters to Everyone in My Hometown Who Isn't My Rapist by Cecilia Gentili

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Forgiveness but make it real & tangled.
Hilarious and cutting!
With a tender, opening heart.
The Butterfly Jungle by Diriye Osman

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Intergenerational queer wonder.
The specificity of this singular queer language.
Oh, my beating heart.