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• We Hereby Refuse

  Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration

  Abe, Frank

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  Nonfiction Graphic Novel. Three Japanese American individuals with different beliefs and backgrounds decided to resist imprisonment by the United States government during World War II in different ways. (Publisher description)

• Fencing With the King

  a Novel

  Abu-Jaber, Diana,

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  Fiction. Amani discovers a poem on an airmail paper that slipped out of one of her father's books, and becomes determined to learn more about its author, her grandmother, who arrived in Jordan during World War I. (NoveList)

• No God Like the Mother

  Stories

  Ajọsẹ-Fisher, Kesha, 1977-

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  Fiction. Kesha Ajose-Fisher's No God like the Mother follows characters in transition, through tribulation and hope. Set around the world--the bustling streets of Lagos, the arid gardens beside the Red Sea, an apartment in Paris, and the rain-washed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Deepest Roots

  Finding Food and Community on a Pacific Northwest Island

  Alcalá, Kathleen, 1954-

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  Nonfiction. As friends began "going back to the land" at the same time that a health issue emerged, Kathleen Alcalá set out to reexamine her relationship with food at the most local level. Remembering her parents, Mexican immigrants who grew up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Edge of Water

  a Novel

  Bankole, Olufunke Grace,

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  Fiction. Award-winning Bankole presents a powerful and emotional debut novel that deftly explores the complexities of identity, family, and belonging. Set in Nigeria and New Orleans during the time of Hurricane Katrina, the story centers on Amina,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• City of Dancing Gargoyles

  Campbell, Tara

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  Fiction. In this wild postapocalyptic outing from Campbell, the first characters readers meet are E and M, two sentient gargoyles who, due to covert government testing, have come to life, liberating them from the church on which they were carved to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Possession of Alba Díaz

  Cañas, Isabel

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  Fiction. This chilling gothic horror novel from bestseller Cañas (Vampires of El Norte) transports readers to 18th-century Mexico, where a plague outbreak in Zacatecas forces Alba Diaz and her devout Catholic family to flee the city. (Publishers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Unforgotten Seattle

  Chew, Ron,

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  Nonfiction. Third-generation Seattleite, historian, journalist, and museum visionary Ron Chew spent more than five decades fighting for Asian American and social justice causes in Seattle. In this deeply personal memoir, he documents the tight-knit…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Private Person

  Chiem, Richard, 1987-

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  Fiction. Named one of Publisher's Weekly's 10 Essentials Books of the American West, these stories are sharp, romantic, and heartbreaking to the core. A beloved collection, a cult classic, and a perfect pop song, You Private Person is your favorite…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ocean's Godori

  Cho, Elaine U.

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  Fiction. After her best friend is wrongly accused of murder, disgraced Alliance space pilot Ocean Yoon sets out to prove his innocence -- a quest involving raiders, dangerous technology, conspiracies, and more in this action-packed space opera…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Arcane Inheritance

  a Novel

  Cole, Kamilah

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  Fiction. Ellory gets a full ride to an Ivy League university and isn't sure why. Within weeks she's dog-tired and feels like she's losing her mind. Strange things are afoot, and she has a nagging sense of déjà vu. Exploring themes of racism and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

  El Akkad, Omar, 1982-

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  Nonfiction. In his frank and thought-provoking blend of history and memoir, award-winning novelist Omar El Akkad (American War) examines the West's apathy and inaction toward Israel's ongoing destruction of Gaza. (NoveList)

• Apocrifa

  Poems

  Flame, Amber, 1981-

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  Nonfiction/Poetry. The expansive and formally inventive second collection from Flame (Ordinary Cruelty) considers the cornerstones of romance--doubt, surrender, grief, resolution--through poems about hunger, exploration, and forbidden fruit.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts

  a Novel

  Fu, Kim

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  Fiction. Freshly grieving her mother’s death, a therapist buys a new home with her inheritance and gets more than she bargained for. (Kirkus)

• Essential Labor

  Mothering as Social Change

  Garbes, Angela

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  Nonfiction. A celebration of caregiving. Garbes, a Filipina who describes herself as “a woman of color, a writer, and a mother,” melds memoir with social, political, and cultural critique to offer a thoughtful analysis of the social and personal…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Seattle Samurai

  a Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Perspective

  Goto, Kelly

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  Nonfiction Graphic Novel. Between 2012 and 2018, Sam Goto drew over 250 multi-paneled Seattle Tomodachi ("friend of Seattle") comic strips for The North American Post... Design researcher Kelly Goto reflects on her father's legacy as she brings his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Feeding Ghosts

  a Graphic Memoir

  Hulls, Tessa, 1984-

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  Nonfiction Graphic Novel. In her evocative, genre-defying graphic memoir, Tessa Hulls tells the story of three generations of women in her family: her Chinese grandmother, Sun Yi; her mother, Rose; and herself. Extensively researched and gorgeously…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Still True

  the Evolution of An Unexpected Journalist

  Jackson, Reagan E. J.

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  Nonfiction. Through this collection of essays, author and activist Reagan Jackson, chronicles her journey into the world of journalism. Art, cinema, social justice, feminism, Black reparations, health & reproductive rights, dance, education--while…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sylvan Hotel

  a Seattle Story

  James, Frannie

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  Fiction. Welcome to The Sylvan, a Seattle hotel where polished mahogany walls keep secrets, rock stars slip by in low-lit spaces, and the switchboard crackles with drama. (NoveList)

• Intemperance

  a Novel

  Jha, Sonora

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  Fiction. A renowned intellectual announces a swayamvar for her 55th birthday, inviting suitors to compete for her hand. Once dismissive of love, she now defies societal ridicule, embracing desire despite disability and fading beauty. Supporters and…Read moreRead more of this annotation