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The Color Master: Stories
by Aimee Bender
Staff Pick
With this new collection, Amy Bender reminds us why she is a master of the odd and surprising. I'd recommend The Color Master to anyone looking for a book that will thrill and linger and maybe wig you out a little. Her growing canon of stories is like an... (read more)

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Fast Machine
by Elizabeth Ellen
Staff Pick
Elizabeth Ellen is a master of capturing the insecurities and inner workings of her characters. They drink, fight, sneak around, seduce, and stumble around trying to figure out their lives. There is very little (if any) crying. Elizabeth Ellen's people... (read more)

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I Remember
by Shane Allison
Staff Pick
Both this book and I Remember by Joe Brainard use the deceptively simple "I remember" repetition to build the details of these authors' lives — Brainard, a gay man growing up in Oklahoma in the '50s, and Allison, a gay black man growing up in... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper

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I Remember (01 Edition)
by Joe Brainard
Staff Pick
Both this book and I Remember by Shane Allison use the deceptively simple "I remember" repetition to build the details of these authors' lives — Brainard, a gay man growing up in Oklahoma in the '50s, and Allison, a gay black man growing up in... (read more)

List Price $14.95
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