Debut Essays or Short Stories
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2023 category: Debut Essays or Short Stories. Annotations from Kirkus, unless otherwise attributed.
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Girls of A Certain Age
Young women eye their futures with the practiced skepticism of people who have already seen far too much.
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Life and Other Shortcomings
Adjmi’s debut collection of 12 linked short stories explores women’s lives from varying perspectives.
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Tekebash & Saba
Mother-daughter duo, Tekebash and Saba, tell their story and the story of their homeland, Ethiopia, through cherished recipes and family memories. A touching, personal cookbook that tells a larger story of family, history, and the refugee experience. (Publisher)
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Animal Joy
An Arab American psychoanalyst and poet investigates the social and psychological dimensions of laughter.
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Black on Black
A novelist and scholar explores a variety of aspects of Blackness in modern America.
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Cat Brushing
In these debut stories, whose author is 80, growing old isn’t for the faint of heart.
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Rainbow Rainbow
An award-winning author offers a spectrum of LGBTQ+ characters in their debut collection.
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Black and Female
In these probing essays, Zimbabwean novelist and filmmaker Dangarembga examines the impacts of racism, colonialism, and patriarchy on her life and work.
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Dyscalculia
A poet’s tale of heartbreak applies dyscalculia ’s meaning literally as well as metaphorically in order to understand a pattern of relationships.In this debut memoir, Felix opens with the discovery that her boyfriend, referred to as X, is cheating on her.
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Out There
A superb debut short story collection explores the uncanny and grotesque.
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