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A Land with a People: Palestinians and Jews Confront Zionism by Rosalind Pollack Petchesky, Esther Farmer, Sarah Sills
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.
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
Absolutely brilliant history/archive/dreaming of Indigenous California.
A weaving many truths.
An invitation into storytelling.
A weaving many truths.
An invitation into storytelling.
Gesundheit! by Chen Chen, Sam Herschel Wein
Play! Joy! Friendship!
What a delicious poetry.
What odd and serene and spectacular arrangements.
What a delicious poetry.
What odd and serene and spectacular arrangements.
The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet by Jake Maia Arlow
So real!
Excruciating, in a good way.
Incredible characterization of kids and adults.
Excruciating, in a good way.
Incredible characterization of kids and adults.
Blood Orange by Yaffa As
Angry, sad, fierce, hoping.
Direct.
Not my kind of poetry, but it might be yours.
Direct.
Not my kind of poetry, but it might be yours.
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
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.
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
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.
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
Forgiveness but make it real & tangled.
Hilarious and cutting!
With a tender, opening heart.
Hilarious and cutting!
With a tender, opening heart.
The Butterfly Jungle by Diriye Osman
Intergenerational queer wonder.
The specificity of this singular queer language.
Oh, my beating heart.
The specificity of this singular queer language.
Oh, my beating heart.