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A Very Special Episode

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In Washington, D.C.’s powerful Black elite, legacy is everything. When a young heir to one of the city’s most influential institutions seeks funding to cement her future, a shadowy organization offers to help—but it could cost her far more than she’s willing to give.“A biting satire about the ever-shifting ways to perform Blackness. This is a very special book.”—Bridgett M. Davis, author of The ... Read more

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In Washington, D.C.’s powerful Black elite, legacy is everything. When a young heir to one of the city’s most influential institutions seeks funding to cement her future, a shadowy organization offers to help—but it could cost her far more than she’s willing to give.“A biting satire about the ever-shifting ways to perform Blackness. This is a very special book.”—Bridgett M. Davis, author of The
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The Long Run

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**2024 Stonewall Book Award Honor Book for Young Adult Literature"A boldly authentic new voice in queer fiction." —Abdi Nazemian, author of Stonewall Honor book Like a Love Story and The Chandler LegaciesTwo track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt and unforgettably real YA debut.**Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over ... Read more

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**2024 Stonewall Book Award Honor Book for Young Adult Literature"A boldly authentic new voice in queer fiction." —Abdi Nazemian, author of Stonewall Honor book Like a Love Story and The Chandler LegaciesTwo track and field athletes find an unexpected but powerful love in this unapologetically blunt and unforgettably real YA debut.**Sebastian Villeda is over it. Over his rep. Over his bros. Over
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Teenage Dirtbags

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From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an unlikely group of teens coming together to exact revenge on the person who wronged them.All’s fair in love and revenge…Phil Reyno is a “troublemaker.” With a punk aesthetic and a quick temper, Phil knows that it’s surprising to see him dating universally beloved Cameron Ellis, whose viral coming out ... Read more

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From the author of The Long Run comes another unflinchingly raw and boldly hilarious novel about an unlikely group of teens coming together to exact revenge on the person who wronged them.All’s fair in love and revenge…Phil Reyno is a “troublemaker.” With a punk aesthetic and a quick temper, Phil knows that it’s surprising to see him dating universally beloved Cameron Ellis, whose viral coming out
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Blood and Guts in High School

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"Kathy Acker's writing is virtuoso, maddening, crazy, so sexy, so painful, and beaten out of a wild heart that nothing can tame. Acker is a landmark writer." —Jeanette Winterson, New York Times–bestselling authorA masterpiece of surrealist fiction, steeped in controversy upon its first publication in 1984, Blood and Guts in High School is the book that established Kathy Acker as the preeminent ... Read more

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"Kathy Acker's writing is virtuoso, maddening, crazy, so sexy, so painful, and beaten out of a wild heart that nothing can tame. Acker is a landmark writer." —Jeanette Winterson, New York Times–bestselling authorA masterpiece of surrealist fiction, steeped in controversy upon its first publication in 1984, Blood and Guts in High School is the book that established Kathy Acker as the preeminent
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Star Wars Join the Resistance, Books 1-3

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Join the Resistance (Book 1)IF BEING A HERO WERE EASY, EVERYBODY WOULD BE ONE.MATTIS BANZ knows that he’s meant to be a hero of the galaxy like the legendary Luke Skywalker, and when General Leia Organa’s Resistance recruits him to join its efforts against the evil First Order, he finally has a chance to fulfill his destiny. But the rest of his squadron doesn’t seem very promising. Sure, there’s ... Read more

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Join the Resistance (Book 1)IF BEING A HERO WERE EASY, EVERYBODY WOULD BE ONE.MATTIS BANZ knows that he’s meant to be a hero of the galaxy like the legendary Luke Skywalker, and when General Leia Organa’s Resistance recruits him to join its efforts against the evil First Order, he finally has a chance to fulfill his destiny. But the rest of his squadron doesn’t seem very promising. Sure, there’s
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Pussy, King of the Pirates

by Kathy Acker ...

A retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Pussy, King of the Pirates is a dizzyingly imaginative foray through world history, literature, and language itself. ... Read more

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A retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Pussy, King of the Pirates is a dizzyingly imaginative foray through world history, literature, and language itself.
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Surrender

by Jennifer Acker ...

"Splendid and provides what I crave from all stories: vividly drawn characters worth spending time with, a richly rendered place for them to inhabit”—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and the North Bath “Fool” novelsA woman retreats from academic life in New York City to manage a family goat farm in New EnglandLucy Richard has enjoyed a two-decade-long, successful career in public relations in ... Read more

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"Splendid and provides what I crave from all stories: vividly drawn characters worth spending time with, a richly rendered place for them to inhabit”—Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and the North Bath “Fool” novelsA woman retreats from academic life in New York City to manage a family goat farm in New EnglandLucy Richard has enjoyed a two-decade-long, successful career in public relations in
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Training School for Negro Girls

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"Funny, poignant, stirring and heartbreaking . . . This book is our collective coming-of-age story . . . required reading for your favorite Black girl." — EssenceIn her debut short story collection, Camille Acker unleashes the irony and tragic comedy of respectability onto a wide-ranging cast of characters, all of whom call Washington, DC, home. A "woke" millennial tries to fight gentrification, ... Read more

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"Funny, poignant, stirring and heartbreaking . . . This book is our collective coming-of-age story . . . required reading for your favorite Black girl." — EssenceIn her debut short story collection, Camille Acker unleashes the irony and tragic comedy of respectability onto a wide-ranging cast of characters, all of whom call Washington, DC, home. A "woke" millennial tries to fight gentrification,
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The Desire to Live

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First English translation of Le Désir de Vivre by Paul Acker. Originally published in 1907, this novella tells the tale of Claire Fournier and her struggle to find a living as well as a life she can call her own. ... Read more

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First English translation of Le Désir de Vivre by Paul Acker. Originally published in 1907, this novella tells the tale of Claire Fournier and her struggle to find a living as well as a life she can call her own.
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Archiving Machines

From Punch Cards to Platforms

by Amelia Acker ...

Series series The Information Society Series
**The story of the rise of networked data through the evolution of archiving and digital storage.2026 PROSE Award Winner: Computing and Information Sciences**Archiving Machines advances our understanding of memory, information, and data by charting the struggle between the computing technologies that archive data and the cultures of information that have led to platforms that assert control over ... Read more

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**The story of the rise of networked data through the evolution of archiving and digital storage.2026 PROSE Award Winner: Computing and Information Sciences**Archiving Machines advances our understanding of memory, information, and data by charting the struggle between the computing technologies that archive data and the cultures of information that have led to platforms that assert control over
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Great Expectations

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by Kathy Acker ...

The author of Empire of the Senseless gives the Dickens classic a punk twist, setting it in 1980s New York City.Kathy Acker's practice of literary appropriation and pastiche made her notorious—as a rebel and a groundbreaker—when Great Expectations was first published in 1982. Here, she begins rewriting Charles Dickens's classic—splicing it with passages from Pierre Guyotat's sexually violent Eden, ... Read more

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The author of Empire of the Senseless gives the Dickens classic a punk twist, setting it in 1980s New York City.Kathy Acker's practice of literary appropriation and pastiche made her notorious—as a rebel and a groundbreaker—when Great Expectations was first published in 1982. Here, she begins rewriting Charles Dickens's classic—splicing it with passages from Pierre Guyotat's sexually violent Eden,
... Read more
Empire of the Senseless

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by Kathy Acker ...

A cyborg and her pirate lover travel through a violent Paris in this "apocalyptic tale that makes A Clockwork Orange look tame" ( Publishers Weekly).Originally published in 1988, Empire of the Senseless marked a turning point in Acker's wild, inimitable style. Considered one of her more accessible works, here Acker candidly addresses her lifelong obsessions: childhood and trauma, language and ... Read more

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A cyborg and her pirate lover travel through a violent Paris in this "apocalyptic tale that makes A Clockwork Orange look tame" ( Publishers Weekly).Originally published in 1988, Empire of the Senseless marked a turning point in Acker's wild, inimitable style. Considered one of her more accessible works, here Acker candidly addresses her lifelong obsessions: childhood and trauma, language and
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