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[REVIEW] Another Appalachia: Growing Up Queer and Indian In a Mountain Place, by Neema Avashia
(You can purchase this book ethically here.) 2 minutes read time In the 1970s, a handful of Indian scientists signed contracts for good jobs at West Virginian chemical plants. As people do, they settled down and had children, including Neema Avashia. Like many children of immigrants, Neema’s identity ia a bit fractal. For every all-American…
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[REVIEW] Yesteryear, by Caro Claire Burke
(This book is available on Bookshop.) Read time: 4 minutes Tradwife influencer Natalie Heller Mills seems to have it all. She shows off her successful organic farm, cheerful children, home-cooked recipes and red-blooded provider of a husband to millions on social media, proving that the conservative American dream can be a reality. Of course, real…
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[REVIEW] It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism: Why It’s Time To Break Up And How To Move On, by Malaika Jabali
(Buy this book here.) Read time: About 3 minutes 25-year old me would think that 45-year old me is ballin. 45-year old me thinks that I work too hard not to be. Both of us are pissed off. Somehow, the steady rise of my income is far outmatched by the upward sprint of the cost…
Last While In Books: Sorry To These Men
Read time: about 4 minutes Hello, fellow readers. I don’t seem to have the time to post bookish news updates on social media anymore, so here’s a roundup of some of the more interesting bits of literary news–diverse and otherwise–that I’ve come across recently. That’s it for diverse bookish news of the last while, fellow…
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