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Newsletter #85

April 11, 2016

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4 books featured in this issue

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Cursed Pirate Girl

by Jeremy Bastian

MADE-UP

I confess myself somewhat bewildered by the actual tale that transpires in Cursed Pirate Girl, the meticulously drawn comic book whose first three chapters have been collected handsomely in paperback... (Tom)

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Dodgers

by Bill Beverly

MADE-UP

"Gone five, six days. You got a dog or a snake or something, find someone to feed it." That's about all East, a skinny sixteen-year-old drug-house lookout who's never left LA, is told about his assign... (Tom)

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The Argonauts

by Maggie Nelson

TRUE

When The Argonauts came out last year, I was intimidated by Nelson's genre-fluid book about her life with a gender-fluid partner, not wanting to be schooled on a topic about which I'm curious but some... (Liz)

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The Red Parts

by Maggie Nelson

TRUE

Old Books of the Week The Argonauts and The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson When The Argonauts came out last year, I was intimidated by Nelson's genre-fluid book about her life with a gender-fluid partner,... (Liz)

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