Summary: "A kaleidoscopic anthology of essays published by Catapult magazine about the stories our bodies tell, and how we move within--and against--expectations of race, gender, health, and ability. Bodies are serious, irreverent, sexy, fragile, strong, political, and inseparable from our experiences and identities as human beings. Pushing the dialogue and confronting monolithic myths, this collection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catapult 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.4 BODDubus, Andre
Summary: Andre Dubus III reflects on a life of challenges, contradictions, and fulfillments.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD 921 DUBUS III, ANDRE DUBDubus, Andre
Summary: "During childhood summers in Louisiana, Andre Dubus III's grandfather taught him that men's work is hard. As an adult, whether tracking down a drug lord in Mexico as a bounty hunter or grappling with privilege while living with a rich girlfriend in New York City, Dubus worked--at being a better worker and a better human being. In Ghost Dogs, Dubus's nonfiction prowess is on full display in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DUBUS, ANDRE III DUBBennett, Andrea (Andrea Kathleen)
Summary: "A revelatory book about gender, mental illness, parenting, mortality, bike mechanics, work, class, and the task of living in a body. Inquisitive and expansive, Like a Boy but Not a Boy explores author andrea bennett's experiences with gender expectations, being a non-binary parent, and the sometimes funny and sometimes difficult task of living in a body. The book's fourteen essays also delve...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arsenal Pulp Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 BENLorde, Audre
Summary: "At once a searing indictment of a racist, patriarchal society and a manual for claiming an intersectional identity, Sister Outsider is a comprehensive collection of the lauded poet and writer Audre Lorde's most famous and influential works of nonfiction prose. Sister Outsider depicts the idea of "difference"--Whether through race, gender, or sexuality--as a powerful tool for empowerment that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 LORCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.54 LORRannells, Andrew
Summary: "In deeply personal essays drawn from his life, as well as his career on Broadway and in Hollywood, Rannells argues that we all pretend we are constantly succeeding--for friends, partners, parents, and others--that we are constantly succeeding in the process known as "adulting." But if this acting is leaving us unfulfilled, then we need new markers of time, new milestones, new expectations of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RANNELLS, ANDREW RANSummary: Bringing together reporting, profiles, memoir and criticism from The New Yorker to present a bold and complex portrait of black life in America, told through stories of private triumphs and national tragedies, political vision, and artistic inspiration throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 MATSummary: Essays by authors who have appeared on the podcast "Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books" explore the ever-increasing demands on mothers' time and topics inspired by things moms don't have time to do, including sleep, get sick, write, lose weight, and see friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "'Journeys' captures the quintessential idea of the American dream. The individuals in this book are only a part of the brilliant mosaic of people who came to this country and made it what it is today. Read about the governor's grandfathers who dug ditches and cleaned sewers, laying the groundwork for a budding nation; how a future cabinet secretary crossed the ocean at age eleven on a cargo...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RosettaBooks 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.873 TISSummary: In this candid look at our relationships with our mothers, fifteen authors write about subjects that they wish they had talked to their mothers about. While some of the writers in this book are estranged from their mothers, others are extremely close. Topics vary widely: from growing up with a deaf mother, to seeking a conversation that won't be interrupted, to relationships affected by the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point 2019