Seattle Staff Faves 2022: Nonfiction
Every year we ask our staff across the system for their favorite books published in a given year. Enjoy this variety of nonfiction staff favorites, with annotations by staff members unless otherwise noted. (Created November 2022)
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Happy-go-lucky
"His latest collection focuses on life during COVID and dealing with the death of his irascible father at 96. Melancholy but loaded with his trademark humor, it's a mature work from a master of the essay." -- Frank
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Knocking Myself up
"An irreverent, unapologetically queer tale of infertility, pregnancy and motherhood." -- Abby
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Worn
"Do you know where your clothing has been made? Deep research and in-depth writing about the social and economic history of textile making and garment industries around the world. Covers a rebirth of communities learning and practicing of ancestral and ethical methods of making cloth and garments." -- Marion
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Dream of the Divided Field
"Yanyi's poems always blow me away. They resonate deeply with me and are very tender and self-asserting, with a focus on healing." --- Eliza
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An Immense World
“Pulitzer-winning journalist Yong reveals in this eye-opening survey animals' world through their own perceptions. This is science writing at its best.” [Publishers Weekly]
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Solito
“The harrowing journey of a 9-year-old Salvadoran boy through Guatemala and Mexico to rejoin his parents in the U.S. Beautifully wrought work that renders the migrant experience into a vivid, immediately accessible portrayal.” [Kirkus Reviews]
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