Chenoweth, Kristin

Summary: "From television actress, Broadway star, and New York Times bestselling author Kristin Chenoweth comes I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts, an inspiring high-design, colorful book featuring philosophical-ish musings on connection, creativity, loss, love, faith, and closure. Just like Kristin's grandmother inspired her to trust her heart and develop her own belief system, you'll be inspired...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Celebrate 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHENOWETH, KRISTIN CHE

Rogen, Seth

Summary: "A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys. (All of these words have been added to help this book show up in people's searches using the wonders of algorithmic technology. Thanks for bearing with us!) Hi! I'm Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROG

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ROGEN, SETH ROG

Summary: In a wide variety of pagan paths, many forms of modern magic and mystery hold an expectation that all parties are heterosexual, cisgender, and, in many cases, white. In Queer Magic: Power Beyond Boundaries, Lee Harrington and Tai Fenix Kulystin bring together a diverse and passionate collection of authors and artists who break out beyond that belief and explore how being LGBT+ is not just...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mystic Productions 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.768 QUE

Thomson, Virgil

Summary: "In this second volume in the Library of America's definitive Virgil Thomson edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page collects for the first time the great composer's four witty, incisive, and compulsively readable full-length works. Written with authority and élan, these classic books offer an engrossing tour of the tumultuous twentieth-century musical scene and Thomson's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2016

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Summary: A collection of essays accompanied by beautiful black-and-white photography from a diverse group of women on the moment they realized they were ready to fight for themselves--including Gloria Steinem, Lena Waithe, Joanna Gaines, BrandiCarlile, Beanie Feldstein, Cynthia Erivo, and Billie Jean King, among others.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2022

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Lahiri, Jhumpa

Summary: "In 2016, the novelist Jhumpa Lahiri published In Other Words, the story of her quest to learn Italian, which involved moving with her family to Italy to immerse herself fully in her adopted language. The book builds on that account through eight essays that reflect her early career as a translator. One essay uses her teaching of the Echo and Narcissus myth to reflect on the meaning of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 418 LAH

Van Ness, Jonathan

Summary: In Jonathan Van Ness' New York Times bestselling memoir Over the Top, he showed readers how the incredibly difficult moments from his life (surviving sexual abuse and addiction, being diagnosed with HIV) have existed alongside great joy and positivity (landing a breakout role on Netflix's Queer Eye, becoming an amateur figure skater and professional stand-up comedian, doting on his cats). If...

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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Tolentino, Jia

Summary: A writer at The New Yorker examines the fractures at the center of contemporary culture. In each essay, Tolentino writes about a cultural prism: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the advent of scamming as the definitive millennial ethos; the literary heroine's journey from brave to blank to bitter; and the punitive dream of optimization, which insists that everything, including our...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.93 TOL