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Written in alternating chapters, a mother and daughter describe the accident that nearly killed the daughter and left her paralyzed, and…
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“Why was AIDS allowed to spread unchecked during the early 1980s while our most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat? In this…
“In Palestine’s Children, each story involves a child—a child who is victimized by political events and circumstances, but who nevertheless…
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“In Waiting, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author Ha Jin draws on his intimate knowledge of contemporary China to create a novel of…
“‘They shoot the white girl first. With the rest they can take their time.’ So begins Toni Morrison’s Paradise, which opens with a…
“Elizabeth Martinez’s unique Chicana voice arises from over 30 years of experience in the movements for civil rights, women’s liberation…