Staff Picks
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Staff Picks
This Town Sleeps
By Roy Normington
Dennis E. Staples blends history, native culture, family secrets, and personal identity seamlessly while keeping readers guessing in this new novel.
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The Undocumented Americans
By Lauren Kohlenberg
Cornejo Villavicencio hands us a portrait of the continuous fight to exist in an America that thinks you are anything but American.
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May 2020 Cookbook Roundup
By Blyth Meier
“Cooking in” is the new “going out,” so let’s take a look at the new cookbooks that were giving life to our kitchen routines in May.
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Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
By Roy Normington
Resistance (the book and the act) is not just about standing up for yourself in the world, and the need to take control and continue to have your voice. It’s also about the need to cultivate resistance inwardly, and to resist temptation.
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Passing
By Roy Normington
Our Senior Customer Service Specialist, Roy Normington, reviews Nella Larsen's Harlem Renaissance novel, finding it still speaks powerfully to issues of identity, race, class, gender, and sexuality today.
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Courting the Wild Twin
By Dan Brouchoud
Martin Shaw’s Courting the Wild Twin develops a potent case for the efficacy of myth in a modern context through novelly esoteric imagery and confident critique.
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Constellations: Reflections from Life
By Gabbi Cisneros
Sinéad Gleeson's essays remind us that pain can strengthen our bodies, minds, and relationships, offering a greater understanding of the glimmering pleasures of life.
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Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame
By Gabbi Cisneros
Commute by Erin Williams inspired our Digital Marketing Specialist, Gabbi, to reflect on collective feelings of loneliness and how to turn that vulnerability into strength.
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Cookbook Roundup: Gatherings
By Blyth Meier
Seven upcoming and recent(ish) cookbooks that will help you plan for your next gathering of any size.
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Little Weirds
By Emily Porter
Jenny Slate has written an amazingly creative and honest book that touches on life's woes, the ups and downs of her career, her relationships, and grappling with who she is as a human being.
Porchlight is a company filled with voracious readers—talented, creative individuals who know books, and who excel at moving them. Whenever we can, we like to do that by telling you about the books we’re reading.