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![Book cover: title in white above a stark orange & blue illustration of a boy in a hat & girl with a tiny dog in a crosswalk](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Hoodie-Rosen_BSR_11_15_22.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.3559&fp-y=0.3747&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=5dccec6fbb8008aa70200e98993edc5b)
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen, by Isaac Blum
An Orthodox teen in a wider world
Philly author Isaac Blum’s debut YA novel, The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen, follows an Orthodox Jewish teen in a new town for a fully up-to-the minute story of conviction and contradiction. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Reviews
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![The book cover. Title and author appear in white over an orange and pink illustration of a watchful doe and a spotted fawn.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/A-Girlhood_BSR_11_1_22.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=7de947196513b7c151f62774e42e0762)
A Girlhood: Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays
The ferocity and joy of parenting
A Girlhood: Letter to My Transgender Daughter, a tender, inquisitive, humble, and heartbreaking new book about raising a trans kid, gets it right—in memoir and in parenting. Anndee Hochman reviews.
Reviews
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!['Saturnalia', a novel by Stephanie Feldman reads on the book cover. A woman has plants growing from her hair](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Saturnalia-BSR-10-12-22.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.4994&fp-y=0.9238&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=d7f796b0e977c4658f3bb93b2ef8d17a)
Capturing the magic of the real world with Stephanie Feldman and Saturnalia
Casting spells with a witchy woman
Feldman's new speculative novel is a haunting, magical glimpse into the very near future. Michelle Nugent profiles.
Profiles
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![A portrait of Mayson and Wisher, dressed in black with fabric earrings, embrace each other as they look towards the camera](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/ConsenSIS-BSR-10-5-22.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.264&fp-y=0.364&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=b33e1894bd830eb19a6cf0b2c924c64f)
ConsenSIS presents The Score: World Premiere
The art of poetry and sound for Black women and femme poets
Co-creators Yolanda Wisher and Trapeta B. Mayson formed ConsenSIS, and this weekend, are bringing together Black poets for an intimate afternoon of poetry and sound. Daralyse Lyons previews.
Previews
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![A portrait of Twitty. He wears a dark gray hoodie, his hand at his chin. A ring with a solid white stone on his ring finger.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Chef-Twitty-BSR-9-19-22.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.4768&fp-y=0.3278&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=4b75a68bba45d731b91ff70017749e8d)
Cooking up Koshersoul with chef Michael Twitty
Food for diasporas
Chef Michael Twitty, a James Beard Award-winning chef, food historian, and author of Koshersoul, serves up conversation at the Weitzman this week. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer previews.
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Previews
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![Book cover. Title, in alternating black, yellow, & red text, over a vintage black & white photo of a political rally crowd.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/If-There-is-No-Struggle_BSR_8_15_22.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.491&fp-y=0.5531&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=a44f0fff8e0e440782da47635d9c379e)
If There Is No Struggle There Is No Progress: Black Politics in Twentieth-Century Philadelphia, edited by James Wolfinger
The rise of Philly’s Black political identity
A new book from editor James Wolfinger explores the rise of a Black political identity in Philadelphia, from the industrial influx of World War I to the Goode, Street, and Nutter administrations. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
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![Book cover. Title in pink at top left. Black & white drawing spoofs Julie Andrews singing in the mountains in Sound of Music](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/These-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things_BSR_7_25_22.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=957b1bb3df2a0ed112fce3293cef2b18)
These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things, by Shannon Frost Greenstein
The sound of my anxieties
Philadelphia writer Shannon Frost Greenstein’s new poetry collection, These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things, chronicles a 21st-century life in which terror is part of daily existence. C.M. Crockford reviews.
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Reviews
3 minute read
![Book cover: illustration of a squirrel in a green park looking at a nut on a fishing rod, with the Philly skyline beyond](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Exploring-Philly-Nature_BSR_7_22_22.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=52116f78d366a0cf75e74601b6196cb2)
Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons, by Bernard S. Brown
The wild things are here
Philadelphians don’t have to leave the city—even its most urban corners—to enjoy a wealth of wildlife. Exploring Philly Nature, a new book by Bernard S. Brown, is an accessible and eye-opening guide. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
![The book cover. The title, in large white letters, is superimposed on a painting of a woman’s face.](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Five-part-invention_BSR_7_5_22.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.4848&fp-y=0.5481&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=036442c1a6f8d20ad6873581b5d9bb74)
Five-Part Invention, by Andrea J. Buchanan
Parents are people, too
Trauma and abuse, as well as the practice of healing, reverberate through five generations of women in Five-Part Invention, a new novel by Philadelphia writer Andrea J. Buchanan. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
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3 minute read
![Four rows and four columns of a tree-like shape stenciled with various shades of black and gray, the title 'thrum' is in red](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Thrum_BSR_6_28_22-1.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=e1990022d62f3438c87c4d6a7b464673)
thrum, by Jon Chaiim McConnell
A timely take on contemporary crisis
The debut work from the Delaware-based author takes on climate change with interweaving dystopian but contemporary stories. Nick Joseph reviews.
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Reviews
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