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5 Women Nonfiction Writers You Should Be Reading

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

THE RECKONINGS

by Lacy M. Johnson

Johnson negotiates a path between vengeance and hand-wringing despair in this thoughtful and probing collection. Full review >

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HISTORY

IT WAS ALL A DREAM

by Reniqua Allen

Sad, revealing testimony to the continuing effects of racism and inequality. Full review >

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HISTORY

THE HEARTLAND

by Kristin L. Hoganson

With lively prose, Hoganson delivers an eye-opening, outside-the-box book that is mind-bending in all the right ways. Full review >

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CURRENT EVENTS & SOCIAL ISSUES

THE MARGINALIZED MAJORITY

by Onnesha Roychoudhuri

There have been plenty of books covering similar territory—and there will be many more in the years to come—but rarely are... Full review >

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