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The Harder I Fight, the More I Love You : A Memoir. by Case, Neko.;
'The Harder I Fight, the More I Love You' is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary life - one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood in slummy, one-horse towns, obsessive desire, bursts of comedy, and indispensable friendships. Neko Case reflects on the way art, music, and a deep connection to nature helped her on a singular journey to become a beloved, Grammy-nominated artist.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays;
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I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying : A Memoir. by Mayer, Youngmi.;
Do you know what happens if you laugh while crying? Hair grows out of your butthole. It was a constant truism Youngmi Mayers mother would say to cheer her up when she was overtaken with grief. In this disarmingly funny memoir, Mayer jokes through the stories of her life, from her childhood in Korea to her adult years in New York City, in hopes of passing onto the reader what her family passed down to her: the gift of laughing while crying. Because throughout it all, the one thing she learned was one cannot exist without the other.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / Asian & Asian American; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / LGBTQ+; HUMOR / Form / Essays; LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays;
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I Finally Bought Some Jordans Essays [electronic resource] : by Arceneaux, Michael.aut; cloudLibrary;
"Very good writers have an ability to make you understand what they're feeling. But the very best writers have an ability to make you understand what you're feeling. And that's where Michael Arceneaux sits, and that's what he does in this new book. It's like he's crawling around inside your head opening file cabinets and telling you what the gibberish you've scribbled on each page in each file means. What a great, fun read."—Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux returns with a hilarious collection of essays about making your voice heard in an increasingly noisy and chaotic world. In his books I Can't Date Jesus and I Don't Want to Die Poor, Michael Arceneaux established himself as one of the most beloved and entertaining writers of his generation, touching upon such hot-button topics as race, class, sexuality, labor, debt, and, of course, paying homage to the power and wisdom of Beyoncé. In this collection, Arceneaux takes stock of how far he has traveled—and how much ground he still has to cover in this patriarchal, heteronormative society. He explores the opportunities afforded to Black creatives but also the doors that remain shut or ever-so-slightly ajar; the confounding challenges of dating in a time when social media has made everything both more accessible and more unreliable; and the allure of returning home while still pushing yourself to seek opportunity elsewhere. I Finally Bought Some Jordans is both a corrective to, and a balm for, these troubling times, revealing a sharply funny and keen-eyed storyteller working at the height of his craft.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Essays; LGBT; Essays; Personal Memoirs; Popular Culture;
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Tales of two planets : stories of climate change and inequality in a divided world / by Freeman, John,1974-editor.;
"Building from his ... anthology Tales of Two Americas, ... John Freeman draws together some of our greatest writers from around the world to help us see how the environmental crisis is hitting some of the most vulnerable communities where they live, ... [resulting in] a literary all-points bulletin of fiction, essays, poems, and reportage."--
Subjects: Global environmental change;
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We wasn't pals : Canadian poetry and prose of the First World War / by Meyer, Bruce,1957-; Callaghan, Barry,1937-;
Includes bibliographical references.An anthology of Canadian poetry, fiction, essays, songs, and illustrations from World War One.LSC
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Canadian literature (English);
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Mantel pieces : Royal bodies and other writing from the London review of books / by Mantel, Hilary,1952-author.; Mantel, Hilary,1952-Essays.Selections.;
A collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir selected from three decades of the author's contributions to the London review of books. Subjects include Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s), the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, and Helen Duncan, Britain's last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, Her famous lecture, 'Royal Bodies', which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman. Interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Diaries.; Essays.; Literary criticism.; Reviews.; Mantel, Hilary, 1952-; English literature;
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An anthology of Indigenous literatures in English : voices from Canada / by Ruffo, Armand Garnet,1955-editor.; Vermette, Katherena,1977-editor.; Moses, Daniel David,1952-editor.; Goldie, Terry,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over twenty years after the publication of its groundbreaking first edition, An Anthology of Indigenous Literatures in English continues to provide the most comprehensive coverage of Indigenous literatures within Canada available in one volume. Emphasizing the importance of orature within the tradition, the anthology presents traditional songs of the Southern First Nations and the Inuit before moving on to showcase a diverse array of graphic and short stories, poems, plays, letters, and essays crafted by exceptional writers from a wide variety of periods and backgrounds. Newly revised and expanded, the fifth edition introduces many new voices and selections, preserving the collection's traditional balance of historical and contemporary Indigenous literatures."--
Subjects: Canadian literature (English); Canadian literature (English); Canadian literature (English); First Nations;
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Truth telling : seven conversations about Indigenous life in Canada / by Good, Michelle,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A bold, provocative examination of Canadian Indigenous issues from advocate, activist and award-winning novelist Michelle Good. Truth Telling is a collection of essays about the contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada. From resistance and reconciliation to the resurgence and reclamation of Indigenous power, Michelle Good explores the issues through a series of personal essays. The collection includes an expansion and update of her highly popular Globe and Mail article about "pretendians," as well as "A History of Violence," an essay that appeared in a book about missing and murdered women. Other pieces deal with topics such as discrimination against Indigenous children; what is meant by meaningful reconciliation; and the importance of the Indigenous literary renaissance of the 1970s. With authority, intelligence and insight, Michelle Good delves into the human cost of colonialism, showing how it continues to underpin social institutions in Canada and prevents meaningful and substantive reconciliation."--
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples; Reconciliation.;
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I've tried being nice : essays / by Leary, Ann,author.;
New York Times bestselling author Ann Leary offers a literary feast of humor and wisdom told from the perspective of a recovering people pleaser. Having arrived at a certain age (her prime), Ann Leary casts a wry backward glance at a life spent trying -- and often failing -- to be nice. With wit and surprising candor, Leary recounts the bedlam of home bat invasions, an obsession with online personality tests, and the mortification of taking ballroom dance lessons with her actor husband. She describes hilarious red-carpet fiascos and other observations from the sidelines of fame, while also touching upon her more poignant struggles with alcoholism, her love for her family, her dogs, and so much more. Prepare to laugh, cry, cringe and revel in the comically relatable chaos of Ann Leary's life as revealed in this delightful collection of essays.
Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Leary, Ann.; Authors, American;
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I hope we choose love : a trans girl's notes from the end of the world / by Thom, Kai Cheng,author.;
"What can we hope for at the end of the world? What can we trust in when community has broken our hearts? What would it mean to pursue justice without violence? How can we love in the absence of faith? In a heartbreaking yet hopeful collection of personal essays and prose poems, blending the confessional, political, and literary, acclaimed poet and essayist Kai Cheng Thom dives deep into the questions that haunt social movements today. With the author's characteristic eloquence and honesty, I Hope We Choose Love proposes heartfelt solutions on the topics of violence, complicity, family, vengeance, and forgiveness. Taking its cues from contemporary thought leaders in the transformative justice movement such as adrienne maree brown and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, this provocative book is a call for nuance in a time of political polarization, for healing in a time of justice, and for love in an apocalypse."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Essays.; Thom, Kai Cheng.; Canadian essays; Conduct of life.; Forgiveness.; Love;
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