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Still Friends

by Michelle Anne Schingler

In this punny picture book about lessons learned from a passive friend, a canine is befuddled by the girl he sees at the park each day, immobile on a bench as the world moves around her. She seems as indifferent to him as she is to the... Read More

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Lifelines

by Karen Rigby

Bird-watching, meditations on wildlife, and a move to Northern Greece animate Julian Hoffman’s poetic memoir "Lifelines", about the varied meanings of shelter and survival on a changing planet. Weary of commuting to hectic London,... Read More

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The Body Riddle

by Luke Sutherland

In Sam K MacKinnon’s tender novel "The Body Riddle", a transmasculine illustrator struggles with discrimination and self-doubt as they grow into a better version of themselves. Lex is stuck. Their freelance work has dried up, their... Read More

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On the Sponge Islands

by Karen Rigby

South African scholar Julia Martin’s mesmerizing and evocative memoir covers sponge diving from an anthropological perspective. While on sabbatical, Martin traveled to the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean Sea to study Porifera, whose... Read More

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