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Slave Old Man

Patrick Chamoiseau, Trans. by Linda Coverdale

 
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Colin Kaepernick: A True Dissident

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How My Father Introduced Me to Precision Engineering

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Biography

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A Letter to My Daughter About the Black Magic of Banking

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How to Suppress Women’s Writing: “She Only Wrote One Good Book.”

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What If We Haven’t Met Aliens Yet Because They’ve Messed Up Their Planets Too?

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