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Praise for Brown Girl Dreaming
This is a book full of poems that cry out to be learned by heart. These are poems that will, for years to come, be stored in our bloodstream.
The New York Times
Praise for Five Days at Memorial
By reporting the depth of those gruesome hours in Memorial before the helicopters came, and giving weight to medical ethics as grounded in the law, Sheri Fink has written an unforgettable story. Five Days at Memorial is social reporting of the first rank.
The New York Times
Praise for Under the Skin
This book is a gift, a map and a necessity, relevant for every reader who wants to understand their own time.
Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show
Praise for Dickens and Prince
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Praise for A Long Way Gone
Deeply moving, even uplifting…demands to be read.
People (Critic’s Choice, four stars)
Praise for Between Two Kingdoms
This is a propulsive, soulful story of mourning and gratitude—and an intimate portrait of one woman’s sojourn in the wilderness between life and death.
Tara Westover, bestselling author of Educated
Praise for Long Division
Smart and funny and sharp… I loved it.
Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner for Salvage the Bones and Sing, Unburied, Sing
Praise for Orange Is The New Black
Fascinating…. The true subject of this unforgettable book is female bonding and the ties that even bars can’t unbind.
People
Praise for Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
An important memoir that should be required reading for anyone who has never struggled with poverty.
Kirkus Reviews, starred review