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Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire, edited by Alice Wong
Our right to be loved, show love, and to love ourselves
Disability Intimacy, the second essay collection from editor Alice Wong, dives into the ocean of human connection with a disability lens, from dating, sex, and kink to caregiving, parenting, and art-making. Alaina Johns reviews.
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The best books I’ve read so far in 2024: BSR Book Week editor’s picks
Top picks from the editor’s bookshelf
Sometimes I think books are the only thing keeping me sane(ish). Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, a new lens on Jane Austen, anti-marriage manifestos, and more: here are top recommendations from my own bookshelf as we celebrate BSR Book Week 2024.
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Discover books by BSR authors (2024 edition)!
In honor of BSR Book Week, find out if your favorite BSR writer is an author, too.
BSR writers are also memoirists, poets, novelists, scholars, and so much more! Discover their books and order a copy to add to your shelves.
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Music and the Idea of a World, by Peter Kalkavage
The meaning of music, from the Greeks to the 20th century
A background in music theory will serve readers well in this trenchant and insightful tour of music throughout history, its meaning and function, and how it helps us understand the many worlds we live in. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Being Work, edited by Dorothy Dubrule
An intriguing look at performance artists in art galleries
More and more, artists worldwide are incorporating a performance-art element in their galleries. This slim, eminently readable collection brings us the voices of these unique performers. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Rock Music, Authority and Western Culture, 1964-1980, by James A. Cosby
The arc of rock
Civilization has always had its discontents, but few things reflect the spirit of resistance like
rock music. In this intriguing survey, local author James A. Cosby tackles a socio-political
history of rock and roll. Rob Laymon reviews.
rock music. In this intriguing survey, local author James A. Cosby tackles a socio-political
history of rock and roll. Rob Laymon reviews.
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Welcome to BSR Book Week 2024, running June 2-8
Here's everything you need to know to celebrate Book Week with us.
Do you love books? We do, too! Philly's literary scene is an important part of our cultural scene, and we spotlight it in our annual BSR Book Week. Learn more here!
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The Homeless, by Stefan Żeromski; translated by Stephanie Kraft
A Polish classic appears in English for the first time
In this classic Polish novel, newly translated into English, a young working-class doctor argues that doctors should not just treat diseases but try to prevent them in poor factory workers’ cruel industrial landscape. Helen Walsh reviews.
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Sink: A Memoir, by Joseph Earl Thomas
A unique look at growing up in Frankford
Philly author Joseph Earl Thomas’s fierce and unusual memoir, Sink, follows his boyhood in 1990s Frankford, where fiction, fantasy, and reality collide. Krista Mar reviews.
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Work, Fight, or Play Ball: How Bethlehem Steel Helped Baseball's Stars Avoid World War I, by William Ecenbarger
America’s pastime sheds new light on our 20th-century history
What did Major League Baseball have to do with World War I? In this surprising history of baseball, American industry, and the US military, William Ecenbarger sheds new light on a little-known but fascinating piece of history. Kimberly Haas reviews.
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