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Parallax

Sinead Morrissey

The T S Eliot Prize-winning fifth collection of poems by the inaugural Belfast laureate, and one of Northern Ireland’s greatest female poets.

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How to Be Drawn

Terrance Hayes

A dazzling new collection of poetry by Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award winning author of Lighthead.

In How to Be Drawn, his daring fifth collection, Hayes explores how we…

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On Elizabeth Bishop

Colm Toibin

In this book, novelist Colm Toibin offers a deeply personal introduction to the work and life of one of his most important literary influences–the American poet Elizabeth Bishop. Ranging across…

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Between the World And Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

In a work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a new…

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Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley

Charlotte Gordon

Mary Wollstonecraft and author Mary Shelley were mother and daughter, yet these two extraordinary women never knew one another. Nevertheless, their passionate and pioneering lives remained closely intertwined, their choices…

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Bettyville: A Memoir

George Hodgman

Originally published: New York: Viking, 2015.

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The Light of the World

Elizabeth Alexander

Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander - considered one of America’s most important contemporary poets - reflects with gratitude on her life after the sudden death of her husband.

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H is for Hawk: A BBC2 Between the Covers pick

Helen Macdonald

H is for Hawk is an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald’s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk’s taming and her own untaming.

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Give Us the Ballot

Ari Berman

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a riveting and alarming account of the continuing battle over Americans’ right to vote –

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Ghettoside: Investigating a Homicide Epidemic

Jill Leovy,Dorothy L. Sayers

Based on the best part of a decade embedded with the homicide units of the LAPD, this book takes us onto the streets, inside the homes and into the lives…

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