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13.

Stupid Black girl : essays from an American African

Redux, Aisha, author.

Publication Date

2020

Format:

Books

Call Number

305.48896073 RED

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:797789

14.

Notes from no man's land : American essays

Biss, Eula, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Books

Call Number

814.6 BIS

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:472251

15.

Call them by their true names : American crises (and essays)

Solnit, Rebecca, author.

Publication Date

2018

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.0973 SOL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:475646

16.

American history [digital magazine].

Format:

Digital

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Call Number

ASKA0N A

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:612240

17.

Happy to help : adventures of a people pleaser

Wilson, Amy, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

817.6 WIL

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:724330

18.

Mother sauce : Italian American family recipes and the story of the women who created them

Scala Quinn, Lucinda, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

641.5945 SCA

Available: Holds: Copies:

SD_ILS:790740

19.

Bone of the bone [large print] : essays on America by a daughter of the working class

Smarsh, Sarah, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

305.5620973 SMA

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SD_ILS:801526

20.

Take my name but say it slow : essays

Dai, Thomas, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

814.6 DAI

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SD_ILS:794985

21.

Y2K : how the 2000s became everything : essays on the future that never was

Shade, Colette, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.0973 SHA

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SD_ILS:794998

22.

Pure innocent fun

Madison, Ira, III, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

814.6 MAD

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SD_ILS:802382

23.

Alligator tears : a memoir in essays

Gomez, Edgar (Writer), author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Books

Call Number

306.7662 GOM

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SD_ILS:804084

24.

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Slate, Jenny, 1982- author.

Publication Date

2024

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Books

Call Number

814.6 SLA

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SD_ILS:720269

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