Pham, Larissa

Summary: Like a song that feels written just for you, Larissa Pham's debut work of nonfiction captures the imagination and refuses to let go. Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in love--with a place, or a painting, or a person--and the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Plumbing the well of culture for clues and patterns about love and loss--from Agnes Martin's abstract...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay Pham

Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BES

Field, Andy

Summary: "The light touch of a hairdresser's hands on one's scalp, the euphoric energy of a nightclub, huddling with strangers under a shelter in the rain, a spontaneous snowball fight in the street, a daily interaction with a homeless man--such mundane connections, when we closely inhabit the same space, and touch or are touched by others, were nearly lost to "social distancing." Will we ever again...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302 FIE

Field, Thalia

Summary: "Whether exploring refugee parrots, indentured elephants, the revolving absurdity of the human role in the "invasive species crisis," or the pathetic fallacy, Personhood reveals that the unmistakable problem remaining between humans and our nonhuman relatives is one of language. Thalia Field's bold and engaging new work takes a wide lens on how power justifies itself at the extremes, where...

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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 FIE

Febos, Melissa

Summary: "When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she'd been told about herself and the habits and defenses she'd developed over...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay Febos

Faliveno, Melissa

Summary: "A fiercely personal and startlingly universal essay collection about the mysteries of gender and desire, of identity and class, of the stories we tell and the places we call home."--Publisher's description.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little A/Topple Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FALIVENO, MELISSA FAL