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The Hate Race

Maxine Beneba Clarke

‘Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller…Clarke is the read deal, and will, if we’re lucky, be an essential voice in world literature for years to come’ -…

$22.99

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Minor Feelings: A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition

Cathy Park Hong

A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong.

$22.99

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They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

A stunning collection of essays using music as a vantage point through which to examine and interrogate the world we live in.

$29.95

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White Tears, Brown Scars

Ruby Hamad

White Tears/Brown Scars blows open the inconvenient truth that when it comes to race, white entitlement is too often masked by victimhood.

$34.99

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