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• Milk Fed

  a Novel

  Broder, Melissa,

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  A scathingly funny, wildly erotic, and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex, and God.

• The Lying Life of Adults

  the New Novel

  Ferrante, Elena,

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  Soon to be a Netflix mini-series, this is a coming-of-age story as only Elena Ferrante can tell it. Giovanna’s world comes apart at the age of 12 after overhearing her father disparage that "she is getting the face of Vittoria,” his ugly…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• VenCo

  a Novel

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  A wickedly subversive, deliciously imaginative, deeply feminist novel of contemporary witches on the rise.

• Having and Being Had

  Biss, Eula,

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  "My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts," Eula Biss writes, "the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after." Having just purchased her first home, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mercies

  a Novel

  Hargrave, Kiran Millwood, 1990-

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  Inspired by the real events of the Vardø storm and the 1621 witch trials, The Mercies is a story of love, evil, and obsession, set at the edge of civilization.

• The Argonauts

  Nelson, Maggie, 1973-

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  Nelson's account of falling in love with Henry Dodge, who is gender fluid, as well as her journey to and through a pregnancy, offers a firsthand account of the complexities and joys of (queer) family-making.

• Weather

  a Novel

  Offill, Jenny, 1968-

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  Lizzie Benson is a librarian (though not by the traditional route) who's barely able to spend time with her husband and son as she fusses over her devout mother and addict brother. An old mentor wants Lizzie to help her answer mail she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Even This Page Is White

  Shraya, Vivek, 1981-

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  Vivek's debut collection of poetry, Even this Page is White, is a bold, timely, and personal interrogation of skin — its origins, functions, and limitations. Poems that range in style from starkly concrete to limber break down the barriers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Kind of Woman

  Poems

  Baer, Kate,

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  A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play — mother, partner, and friend.

• Incarnate

  Severson-Baker, Juleta

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  The force of these poems is palpable. Readers witness the poet take a polluted river into her “belly like a snake takes a venomous toad,” experience orgasm as birth, and hike above tree line to ultimately “hear what I came to know.”

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