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Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side

Oxford University Press
184 pages
$29.95


“Drawing on extensive social science research concerning political polarization and partisan identity, Robert B. Talisse argues that when we break off civil interactions with our political opponents, we imperil relations with our political allies.”

~ from the publisher

Labor Days, Labor Nights: More Stories

Bottom Dog Press
210 pages
$18


“Studded with unforgettable characters, Labor County is as fully realized a place as Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha. Grab your ticket and go!”

~Marie Manilla, author of The Patron Saint of Ugly 

Mom Jeans and Other Mistakes

Berkley
384 pages
$16


“The kind of book that’s destined to be passed from friend to friend.”

~PopSugar

Nothing Divine Dies: A Poetry Anthology About Nature

Vita Brevis Press
172 pages
$10.99


“In the third volume of the Vita Brevis Poetry Anthology, established and emerging poets from around the world show what nature means to them.”

~from the publisher

The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework

Vanderbilt University Press
168 pages
$29.95


“The Sculpture of William Edmondson: Tombstones, Garden Ornaments, and Stonework is the first large-scale museum examination of artist William Edmondson’s career in over twenty years.” 

~from the publisher

I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America

Worthy Books
320 pages
$26


“By turns witty, insightful, touching, and laugh-out-loud funny, I Take My Coffee Black paints a portrait of black manhood in America and enlightens, illuminates, and entertains—ultimately building the kind of empathy that might just be the antidote against the racial injustice in our society.”

~from the publisher

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