Crucet, Jennine Capó
Summary: "In this sharp and candid collection of essays, critically acclaimed writer and first-generation American Jennine Capó Crucet explores the condition of finding herself a stranger in the country where she was born. Raised in Miami and the daughter of Cuban refugees, Crucet examines the political and personal contours of American identity and the physical places where those contours find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picador/St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CRUCET, JENNINE CAPO CRUSenior, Jennifer
Summary: "The unflinching Pulitzer Prize-winning essay on mourning and recovery in the wake of an inconceivable tragedy. When Bobby McIlvaine died in the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, his loved ones spun off in radically different directions, each mourning in his or her own distinct--and often highly idiosyncratic--way. Twenty years later, Jennifer Senior, a family friend and award-winning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zando 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7 SENSummary: ""In almost any culture, at any time, you can find food writing," writes guest editor Mark Bittman in his introduction. "Food means growing and hardship, and health and medicine, and work and holiday. In its abundance it is a gift and a joy, and in its absence a curse and a tragedy. If a culture has writing, that culture has food writing." The stories in this year's Best American Food Writing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.3 BESSummary: Wildsam Field Guides: Northern Michigan leads travelers through the fertile landscape and lakes of a beloved region, with expert insight on fruit growing, forest navigation, supper clubs, cottages, boating, hiking and foodways.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.749 NORTHERN MICHIGAN WIL1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 917.749 NORTHERN MICHIGAN WIL
Summary: Offers a wide-ranging anthology of Palestinian writers and artists. This collection constitutes a collective effort to organize and center Palestinian voices in the ongoing struggle. As political discourse shifts toward futurism as a means of reimagining a better way of living, beyond the violence and limitations of colonialism, Light in Gaza imagines what the future of Gaza could be, while...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Haymarket Books 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 953.1 LIGLiittschwager, David
Summary: "The dignified seahorse, the billowing jelly, and the stealthy octopus: We long to see every aspect of their graceful forms. For more than a decade, celebrated nature photographer David Littschwager has traveled the world to reveal their mysterious beauty. His extraordinary images will bring you closer than ever to these colorful and enigmatic creatures." -- Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2022