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it's only interesting when it's happening to me!!
Rivka Galchen's Little Labors is 7 x 4.5 x 0.6 inches & 136 pages.
Mar 19
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Maggie Lange
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the only music that makes sense in alaska
Borealis by Aisha Sabatini Sloan 5 x 6.75 x 0.35 inches & 144 pages.
Mar 5
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Maggie Lange
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February 2024
hold tight!
Helen Garner's Monkey Grip, from 1977, is 4 x 7 x 0.4 inches & 245 pages.
Feb 20
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Maggie Lange
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January 2024
"new words are needed"
Claire Keegan's Foster is 5 x 7.5 x 0.31 inches & 96 pages.
Jan 23
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Maggie Lange
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'comment dit-on "vibey"'?
Aesthetica by Allie Rowbottom (who has her own Purse Books to recommend!) is 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.92 inches.
Jan 18
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Maggie Lange
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"terrible, gorgeous gams"
Robyn Schiff's A Woman of Property 6 x 9 x 0.2 inches & 96 pages.
Jan 9
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Maggie Lange
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can you even imagine 'daily'
Ross Gay's Book of Delights 5.35 x x 7.28 x 0.94 inches & 288 pages.
Jan 2
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Maggie Lange
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December 2023
a year of purse books!
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Dec 19, 2023
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Maggie Lange
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talking, walking, sneezing, shaking your hand, entering a room, leaving a party, picking up a glass
Alison Mills Newman’s Francisco from 1974 is 5 x 8 x 0.5 inches & 128 pages.
Dec 12, 2023
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Maggie Lange
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talking, walking, sneezing, shaking your hand, entering a room, leaving a party, picking up a glass
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November 2023
“come & do a somersault”
Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, from 1961, is 7 x 5 x 0.5 inches & 137 pages.
Nov 29, 2023
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Maggie Lange
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"now, let's be lucid"
Muriel Spark's The Driver's Seat, from 1970, is 5.2 x 8 x 0.3 inches & a terrifying 88 pages.
Nov 21, 2023
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Maggie Lange
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the quiet twist
Muriel Spark's The Public Image from 1968 is 5 x 8 x 0.4 inches & 144 pages.
Nov 16, 2023
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Maggie Lange
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