In the Key of Nira Ghani
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Feb 5 2019
isn:
9780762465477
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Sadia
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Feb 24 2018
isn:
9781459740297
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Girl Mans Up
reviewdate:
Nov 21 2017
isn:
9780062404190
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Nice Try, Jane Sinner
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Oct 28 2017
isn:
9780544867857
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Writing Menopause: An Anthology of Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction
reviewdate:
Sep 5 2017
isn:
978-1-77133-353-5
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Love Is Love
reviewdate:
Jul 31 2017
isn:
9781459412323
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
reviewdate:
Jul 11 2017
isn:
9781683314141
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Bats or Swallows
Canadian zine maker Teri's short stories are so good, and I don't even like short stories. (I can call her Teri because we're social media friends, and I've read most of her zines.) Her protagonists come from a variety of backgrounds. Most are young, but there's also a mother (of a stripper in his 20s), and one of them is male. I found all of narrators relatable and real.
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Nov 15 2013
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978-1-926743-07-3
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First Spring Grass Fire
Spoon's book is listed as a novel but reads like a memoir, told in nonlinear episodes with the protagonist sharing the author's name. I suppose I shouldn't care about the distinction, but I can't help wanting to know what I'm reading. Regardless, one should treasure the rare opportunity to read about the real or fictionalized life of a genderqueer child growing up in a religious family in the Canadian prairies.
reviewdate:
May 5 2013
isn:
978-1-55152-480-1