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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy, by Tia Levings
Women don’t need patriarchy, but patriarchy needs us
A Well-Trained Wife, Tia Levings’s gripping new memoir about her path in and out of a high-control Christian religion, is also an urgent warning to US voters who care about women’s rights. Alaina Johns reviews.
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Breaking the Curse: A Memoir about Trauma, Healing, and Italian Witchcraft, by Alex DiFrancesco
A magical memoir of perseverance
Alex DiFrancesco’s memoir is a transformative exploration of identity, spirituality, and perseverance. By delving into the complex layers of trauma and emotion, they offer a haunting narrative of survival and the search for hope. Cass Lewis reviews.
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Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire, edited by Alice Wong
Our right to be loved, show love, and to love ourselves
Disability Intimacy, the second essay collection from editor Alice Wong, dives into the ocean of human connection with a disability lens, from dating, sex, and kink to caregiving, parenting, and art-making. Alaina Johns reviews.
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The best books I’ve read so far in 2024: BSR Book Week editor’s picks
Top picks from the editor’s bookshelf
Sometimes I think books are the only thing keeping me sane(ish). Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, a new lens on Jane Austen, anti-marriage manifestos, and more: here are top recommendations from my own bookshelf as we celebrate BSR Book Week 2024.
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Discover books by BSR authors (2024 edition)!
In honor of BSR Book Week, find out if your favorite BSR writer is an author, too.
BSR writers are also memoirists, poets, novelists, scholars, and so much more! Discover their books and order a copy to add to your shelves.
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Music and the Idea of a World, by Peter Kalkavage
The meaning of music, from the Greeks to the 20th century
A background in music theory will serve readers well in this trenchant and insightful tour of music throughout history, its meaning and function, and how it helps us understand the many worlds we live in. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Being Work, edited by Dorothy Dubrule
An intriguing look at performance artists in art galleries
More and more, artists worldwide are incorporating a performance-art element in their galleries. This slim, eminently readable collection brings us the voices of these unique performers. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Rock Music, Authority and Western Culture, 1964-1980, by James A. Cosby
The arc of rock
Civilization has always had its discontents, but few things reflect the spirit of resistance like
rock music. In this intriguing survey, local author James A. Cosby tackles a socio-political
history of rock and roll. Rob Laymon reviews.
rock music. In this intriguing survey, local author James A. Cosby tackles a socio-political
history of rock and roll. Rob Laymon reviews.
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Welcome to BSR Book Week 2024, running June 2-8
Here's everything you need to know to celebrate Book Week with us.
Do you love books? We do, too! Philly's literary scene is an important part of our cultural scene, and we spotlight it in our annual BSR Book Week. Learn more here!
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The Homeless, by Stefan Żeromski; translated by Stephanie Kraft
A Polish classic appears in English for the first time
In this classic Polish novel, newly translated into English, a young working-class doctor argues that doctors should not just treat diseases but try to prevent them in poor factory workers’ cruel industrial landscape. Helen Walsh reviews.
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