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First Love

Essays on Friendship

by Lilly Dancyger ...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST • A “vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays” (Associated Press) that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of Negative Space“A tender, unswerving homage to her found family, but also an insightful study of friendship as identity-crafting.”—ElleLilly Dancyger always thought of her closest ... Read more

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LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST • A “vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays” (Associated Press) that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of Negative Space“A tender, unswerving homage to her found family, but also an insightful study of friendship as identity-crafting.”—ElleLilly Dancyger always thought of her closest
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Negative Space

by Lilly Dancyger ...

Series series SFWP Literary Awards
A heartbreaking memoir of art, addiction, and a daughter's search for her father.Lilly Dancyger delves into the life of her father, Joe Schactman, a 1980s East Village artist whose creative passion was intertwined with a heroin addiction. After his sudden death, Lilly pieces together fragmented memories and confronts the instability that shaped her childhood.Through his provocative sculptures and ... Read more

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A heartbreaking memoir of art, addiction, and a daughter's search for her father.Lilly Dancyger delves into the life of her father, Joe Schactman, a 1980s East Village artist whose creative passion was intertwined with a heroin addiction. After his sudden death, Lilly pieces together fragmented memories and confronts the instability that shaped her childhood.Through his provocative sculptures and
... Read more
Burn It Down

Women Writing about Anger

Edited by Lilly Dancyger ...

A rich, nuanced exploration of women's anger from a diverse group of writersWomen are furious, and we're not keeping it to ourselves any longer. We're expected to be composed and compliant, but in a world that would strip us of our rights, disparage our contributions, and deny us a seat at the table of authority, we're no longer willing to quietly seethe behind tight smiles.We're ready to burn it ... Read more

$16.99 USD

A rich, nuanced exploration of women's anger from a diverse group of writersWomen are furious, and we're not keeping it to ourselves any longer. We're expected to be composed and compliant, but in a world that would strip us of our rights, disparage our contributions, and deny us a seat at the table of authority, we're no longer willing to quietly seethe behind tight smiles.We're ready to burn it
... Read more
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Negative Space

A Memoir

by Lilly Dancyger ...

Narrated by Lilly Dancyger ...

Unabridged

6 hours 28 min

A memoir from the editor of Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger, Negative Space explores Dancyger’s own anger, grief, and artistic inheritance as she sets out to illuminate the darkness her father hid from her, as well as her own.Despite her parents’ struggles with addiction, Lilly Dancyger always thought of her childhood as a happy one. But what happens when a journalist interrogates her own ... Read more

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A memoir from the editor of Burn It Down: Women Writing About Anger, Negative Space explores Dancyger’s own anger, grief, and artistic inheritance as she sets out to illuminate the darkness her father hid from her, as well as her own.Despite her parents’ struggles with addiction, Lilly Dancyger always thought of her childhood as a happy one. But what happens when a journalist interrogates her own
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First Love

Essays on Friendship

by Lilly Dancyger ...

Narrated by Lilly Dancyger ...

Unabridged

5 hours 43 min

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST • A “vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays” (Associated Press) that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of Negative Space“A tender, unswerving homage to her found family, but also an insightful study of friendship as identity-crafting.”—ElleLilly Dancyger always thought of her closest ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST • A “vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays” (Associated Press) that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of Negative Space“A tender, unswerving homage to her found family, but also an insightful study of friendship as identity-crafting.”—ElleLilly Dancyger always thought of her closest
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Cinema Love

A Novel

by Jiaming Tang ...

Narrated by Samantha Tan ...

Unabridged

9 hours 39 min

**Winner of the Los Angeles Times' Art Seidenbaum Award for First FictionWinner of the Edmund White Award for Debut FictionWinner of the Ferro-Grumley award for LGBTQ FictionFinalist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFinalist for the Lambda Literary AwardFinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardA Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick“Part ghost story, part love story, ... Read more

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**Winner of the Los Angeles Times' Art Seidenbaum Award for First FictionWinner of the Edmund White Award for Debut FictionWinner of the Ferro-Grumley award for LGBTQ FictionFinalist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionFinalist for the Lambda Literary AwardFinalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist AwardA Dakota Johnson x TeaTime Book Club Pick“Part ghost story, part love story,
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A History of Present Illness

A Novel

by Anna DeForest ...

Narrated by Helen Laser ...

Unabridged

3 hours 19 min

This “brutal and brave” (Booklist) novel transmutes the practice of medicine into a larger exploration of humanity, the meaning of care, and the nature of annihilation—physical, spiritual, or both.A young woman puts on a white coat for her first day as a student doctor. So begins this powerful debut, which follows our unnamed narrator through cadaver dissection, surgical rotation, difficult births ... Read more

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This “brutal and brave” (Booklist) novel transmutes the practice of medicine into a larger exploration of humanity, the meaning of care, and the nature of annihilation—physical, spiritual, or both.A young woman puts on a white coat for her first day as a student doctor. So begins this powerful debut, which follows our unnamed narrator through cadaver dissection, surgical rotation, difficult births
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

by Mindy Kaling ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this hilarious instant classic, the creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood.“[Kaling is] like Tina Fey’s cool little sister. Or perhaps . . . the next Nora Ephron.”—The New York Times**Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this hilarious instant classic, the creator of The Mindy Project and Never Have I Ever invites readers on a tour of her life and her unscientific observations on romance, friendship, and Hollywood.“[Kaling is] like Tina Fey’s cool little sister. Or perhaps . . . the next Nora Ephron.”—The New York Times**Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of
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Scrappy Little Nobody

by Anna Kendrick ...

The New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect—a witty memoir filled with laugh out loud essays and behind the scenes Hollywood stories.Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods<... ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect—a witty memoir filled with laugh out loud essays and behind the scenes Hollywood stories.Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods<...
... Read more

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Famesick

A Memoir

by Lena Dunham ...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.For the last decade, as she’s spent countless hours in doctor’s waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, ... Read more

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INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.For the last decade, as she’s spent countless hours in doctor’s waiting rooms searching for diagnoses,
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Cult Classic

A Novel

by Sloane Crosley ...

**Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, Cult Classic is an original: a masterfully crafted tale of love, memory, morality, and mind control, as well as a fresh foray into the philosophy of romance.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR at the Washington Post, the BBC, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, and more!**One night in New York City’s Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former ... Read more

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**Hilariously insightful and delightfully suspenseful, Cult Classic is an original: a masterfully crafted tale of love, memory, morality, and mind control, as well as a fresh foray into the philosophy of romance.A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR at the Washington Post, the BBC, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, and more!**One night in New York City’s Chinatown, a woman is at a work reunion dinner with former
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Sunshine Girl

An Unexpected Life

by Julianna Margulies ...

Known for her outstanding performances on the groundbreaking television series The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies deftly chronicles her life and her work in this deeply powerful memoir.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • “At once a tender coming-of-age story and a deeply personal look at a young woman making sense of the world against a chaotic and peripatetic ... Read more

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Known for her outstanding performances on the groundbreaking television series The Good Wife and ER, Julianna Margulies deftly chronicles her life and her work in this deeply powerful memoir.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GOOD HOUSEKEEPING • “At once a tender coming-of-age story and a deeply personal look at a young woman making sense of the world against a chaotic and peripatetic
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