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• Let the Poets Govern

  a Declaration of Freedom

  Felix, Camonghne,

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• The War Within a War

  the Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home

  Haygood, Wil,

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• Seasons of Fury

  Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America

  Ali, Rozina,

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• The Midnight Special

  the Secret Prison History of American Music

  Asher, Colin,

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• Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young

  a Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground

  Dohrn, Zayd,

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• Huna

  a Memoir of Revolution, Prison, and Becoming

  ElGendy, Abdelrahman,

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• Mother Tongue

  a Memoir

  Nović, Sara, 1987-

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• Spawning Season

  An Experiment in Queer Parenthood

  Osmundson, Joseph, 1983-

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• The Evolution of Fire

  Essays on Crisis and Becoming

  Pelster, Angela, 1975-

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