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Lessons for Survival

Mothering Against “the Apocalypse”

by Emily Raboteau ...

Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau crafts a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice—and what it takes to find shelter.Lessons for Survival is a probing series of pilgrimages from the perspective of a mother struggling to raise her children to thrive without coming undone in an era of turbulent intersecting crises.With camera in hand, Raboteau goes in search ... Read more

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Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau crafts a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice—and what it takes to find shelter.Lessons for Survival is a probing series of pilgrimages from the perspective of a mother struggling to raise her children to thrive without coming undone in an era of turbulent intersecting crises.With camera in hand, Raboteau goes in search
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Searching for Zion

The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora

by Emily Raboteau ...

From Jerusalem to Ghana to Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, a woman reclaims her history in a "beautifully written and thought-provoking" memoir (Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King and Zeitoun).A biracial woman from a country still divided along racial lines, Emily Raboteau never felt at home in America. As the daughter of an African American religious historian, she understood the ... Read more

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From Jerusalem to Ghana to Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, a woman reclaims her history in a "beautifully written and thought-provoking" memoir (Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King and Zeitoun).A biracial woman from a country still divided along racial lines, Emily Raboteau never felt at home in America. As the daughter of an African American religious historian, she understood the
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The Professor's Daughter

A Novel

by Emily Raboteau ...

A daughter's future and her father's past converge in Emily Raboteau's explosive first novel exploring identity, assimilation, and the legacy of race"My father is black and my mother is white and my brother is a vegetable." When Emma Boudreaux's older brother, Bernie, winds up in a coma after a freak accident, it's as if she loses a part of herself. All their lives, he has served as her compass, ... Read more

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A daughter's future and her father's past converge in Emily Raboteau's explosive first novel exploring identity, assimilation, and the legacy of race"My father is black and my mother is white and my brother is a vegetable." When Emma Boudreaux's older brother, Bernie, winds up in a coma after a freak accident, it's as if she loses a part of herself. All their lives, he has served as her compass,
... Read more
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Searching for Zion

The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora

by Emily Raboteau ...

Narrated by Quincy Tyler Bernstine ...

Unabridged

10 hours 37 min

Emily Raboteau’s Searching for Zion takes listeners around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call "home" and an investigation into a people’s search for the promised land, this landmark work is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and historical ethnic displacement.At 23, Raboteau traveled to Israel to visit her childhood best friend. While her ... Read more

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Emily Raboteau’s Searching for Zion takes listeners around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call "home" and an investigation into a people’s search for the promised land, this landmark work is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and historical ethnic displacement.At 23, Raboteau traveled to Israel to visit her childhood best friend. While her
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Lessons for Survival

Mothering Against “the Apocalypse”

by Emily Raboteau ...

Narrated by Emily Raboteau ...

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9 hours 37 min

This program is read by the author.Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice—and what it takes to find shelter.Lessons for Survival is a probing series of pilgrimages from the perspective of a mother struggling to raise her children to thrive without coming undone in an era of turbulent ... Read more

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This program is read by the author.Award-winning author and critic Emily Raboteau uses the lens of motherhood to craft a powerfully moving meditation on race, climate, environmental justice—and what it takes to find shelter.Lessons for Survival is a probing series of pilgrimages from the perspective of a mother struggling to raise her children to thrive without coming undone in an era of turbulent
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Ploughshares Spring 2019 Guest-Edited by Rigoberto González

by Rigoberto González, Zeina Hashem Beck, Sherwin Bitsui, Joy Castro, Emily Raboteau, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Serkan Gorkemli, Brock Clarke, Daniel Chacón, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, Paul Tran, Alice Elliott Dark, Serkan GÖrkemli, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Edgar Gomez, Marcos Gonsalez, Jonathan Winston Jones, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Sara Borjas, Sarah Burke, Andrés Cerpa, Victoria Chang, Tiana Clark, Geffrey Davis, Paul Guest, Kimiko Hahn, James Allen Hall, Safia Jama, Ilya Kaminsky, Jennifer L. Knox, Rachel McKibbens, Rajiv Mohabir, Nkosi Nkululeko, Julian Randall, Jayme Ringleb, Viplav Saini, Callie Siskel, Jake Skeets, Devon Walker-Figueroa, Marcus Wicker, Lisa Mullenneaux ...

Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”As guest-editor ... Read more

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Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”As guest-editor
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Damage Control

Stories

by Amber Dermont ...

Narrated by Eliza Foss, Danielle Ferland, David Aaron Baker ...

Unabridged

9 hours 41 min

A luminous collection of short stories focusing on privilege and entitlement, from the bestselling author of The Starboard Sea Damage Control displays Amber Dermont's remarkable gift for portraying characters at crossroads. In " Lyndon," a daughter visits presidential landmarks following the death of her father. In " Damage Control," a young man works at an etiquette school while his girlfriend is ... Read more

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A luminous collection of short stories focusing on privilege and entitlement, from the bestselling author of The Starboard Sea Damage Control displays Amber Dermont's remarkable gift for portraying characters at crossroads. In " Lyndon," a daughter visits presidential landmarks following the death of her father. In " Damage Control," a young man works at an etiquette school while his girlfriend is
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Death Is Not an Option

Stories

by Suzanne Rivecca ...

Narrated by Rachel Botchan, Jennifer Ikeda ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

Pushcart Prize winner Suzanne Rivecca quickly made a name for herself as a talented new voice in the literary world. Praised as "gripping, distinctive, and altogether impressive" (Booklist), Rivecca's debut short story collection Death Is Not an Option will captivate listeners with its raw and insightful tales featuring young women grappling with life's many uncertainties. ... Read more

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Pushcart Prize winner Suzanne Rivecca quickly made a name for herself as a talented new voice in the literary world. Praised as "gripping, distinctive, and altogether impressive" (Booklist), Rivecca's debut short story collection Death Is Not an Option will captivate listeners with its raw and insightful tales featuring young women grappling with life's many uncertainties.
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That’s Not a Feeling

by Dan Josefson ...

Narrated by Charles Carroll ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

Benjamin arrives with his parents for a tour of Roaring Orchards, a therapeutic boarding school tucked away in upstate New York. Suddenly, his parents are gone and Benjamin learns that he is there to stay. Sixteen-years-old and with two failed suicides to his name, Benjamin must navigate his way through a new world of "popped privileges," "candor meetings," "morning meds," and "cartoon brunches" ... Read more

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Benjamin arrives with his parents for a tour of Roaring Orchards, a therapeutic boarding school tucked away in upstate New York. Suddenly, his parents are gone and Benjamin learns that he is there to stay. Sixteen-years-old and with two failed suicides to his name, Benjamin must navigate his way through a new world of "popped privileges," "candor meetings," "morning meds," and "cartoon brunches"
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Beneath the Lion's Gaze

A Novel

by Maaza Mengiste ...

Narrated by Steven Crossley ...

Unabridged

10 hours 55 min

This memorable, heartbreaking story opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. His father, Hailu, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. And Dawit, Hailu's youngest son, ... Read more

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This memorable, heartbreaking story opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. His father, Hailu, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. And Dawit, Hailu's youngest son,
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The Miniature Wife

and Other Stories

by Manuel Gonzales ...

Narrated by Manuel Gonzales, Kirsten Potter, Lee Osorio ...

Unabridged

8 hours 8 min

**The inspiration for the Peacock series starring Matthew MacFadyen and Elizabeth BanksIn the tradition of George Saunders and Aimee Bender, an exuberantly imagined debut that chronicles an ordinary world marked by unusual phenomena.**The eighteen stories of Manuel Gonzales’s exhilarating first book render the fantastic commonplace and the ordinary extraordinary, in prose that thrums with energy ... Read more

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**The inspiration for the Peacock series starring Matthew MacFadyen and Elizabeth BanksIn the tradition of George Saunders and Aimee Bender, an exuberantly imagined debut that chronicles an ordinary world marked by unusual phenomena.**The eighteen stories of Manuel Gonzales’s exhilarating first book render the fantastic commonplace and the ordinary extraordinary, in prose that thrums with energy
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Forgotten Country

by Catherine Chung ...

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller ...

Unabridged

8 hours 59 min

On the night Janie waits for her sister Hannah to be born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, so Janie is charged with keeping Hannah safe. As time passes, Janie hears more stories, while facts remain unspoken. Her father tells tales about numbers, and in his stories everything works out. In her mother's, ... Read more

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On the night Janie waits for her sister Hannah to be born, her grandmother tells her a story: Since the Japanese occupation of Korea, their family has lost a daughter in every generation, so Janie is charged with keeping Hannah safe. As time passes, Janie hears more stories, while facts remain unspoken. Her father tells tales about numbers, and in his stories everything works out. In her mother's,
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