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Waiting
Ha Jin
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • National Book Award Winner • Pulitzer Prize Finalist • A New York Times Notable...
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Apex Hides the Hurt
Colson Whitehead
This "wickedly funny" (The Boston Globe) New York Times Notable Book from the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground...
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The Poetics of Difference
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
"Contemporary black women writers of the African Diaspora have developed rich, nuanced, and complex literary forms through which to explore...
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Regenesis
C. J. Cherryh
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Downbelow Station
C. J. Cherryh
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The Thickety: A Path Begins
J. A. White
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In the Pond
Ha Jin
National Book Award-winner Ha Jin's arresting debut novel , In the Pond, is a darkly funny portrait of an amateur...
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The Sea-Ringed World
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The latest passionate drama from South African Athol Fugard portrays in moving, personal terms the recent conflicts, fears and hopes...
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