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Winner of the 2024 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize, this large-hearted personal essay collection by Ren Cedar Fuller invites us to imagine a more generous way of being in the world, drawing on Fuller’s experiences as a daughter, sister, mother, teacher, and patient.A father’s hurtful rigidity becomes slightly more comprehensible when viewed through a lens of neurodivergence, and a mother’s well ... Read more

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Winner of the 2024 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize, this large-hearted personal essay collection by Ren Cedar Fuller invites us to imagine a more generous way of being in the world, drawing on Fuller’s experiences as a daughter, sister, mother, teacher, and patient.A father’s hurtful rigidity becomes slightly more comprehensible when viewed through a lens of neurodivergence, and a mother’s well
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A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee.This edition, drawing from hundreds of national and regional periodicals, assembles personal essays that capture urgent private struggles during a period of national crisis.Featured essayists, including Gary Shteyngart, Melissa Febos, and the late Anthony Veasna So, probe personal vulnerability across memoir ... Read more

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To breed or not to breed? That is the question twenty-eight accomplished writers ponder in this collection of provocative, honest, soul-searching essays. Based on a popular series at Salon.com, Maybe Baby offers both frank and nuanced opinions from a wide range of viewpoints on parenting choices, both alternative and traditional.Yes: "I've been granted access to a new plane of existence, one I ... Read more

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