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These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things, by Shannon Frost Greenstein
The sound of my anxieties
Philadelphia writer Shannon Frost Greenstein’s new poetry collection, These Are a Few of My Least Favorite Things, chronicles a 21st-century life in which terror is part of daily existence. C.M. Crockford reviews.

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Exploring Philly Nature: A Guide for All Four Seasons, by Bernard S. Brown
The wild things are here
Philadelphians don’t have to leave the city—even its most urban corners—to enjoy a wealth of wildlife. Exploring Philly Nature, a new book by Bernard S. Brown, is an accessible and eye-opening guide. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Five-Part Invention, by Andrea J. Buchanan
Parents are people, too
Trauma and abuse, as well as the practice of healing, reverberate through five generations of women in Five-Part Invention, a new novel by Philadelphia writer Andrea J. Buchanan. Kirsten Bowen reviews.

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thrum, by Jon Chaiim McConnell
A timely take on contemporary crisis
The debut work from the Delaware-based author takes on climate change with interweaving dystopian but contemporary stories. Nick Joseph reviews.

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Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas
Baltimore, Bueller-style
R. Eric Thomas’s debut young-adult novel Kings of B’more is a witty, adventurous nod to Ferris Bueller that hits close to home, but may be hindered by its own genre tropes. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.

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Beethoven in Beijing, by Jennifer Lin
The Philadelphians in China
Lavishly illustrated and full of anecdotes and surprising tidbits about people and places, Beethoven in Beijing deserves a place in the home of every music-lover and every student of the ever-changing tide of East-West relations. Linda Holt reviews.

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Ways of Walking, edited by Ann de Forest
Headed somewhere together
A new anthology by Philly writer Ann de Forest explores how we walk, and where, and
why that experience means such different things for different bodies. Anndee Hochman reviews.
why that experience means such different things for different bodies. Anndee Hochman reviews.
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The Roots of Educational Inequality: Philadelphia’s Germantown High School, 1907-2014, by Erika M. Kitzmiller
A century in Germantown
We know how the story of Germantown High School ended, but how did it begin? A new book explains, and highlights the fault lines that remain in our schools today. Anndee Hochman reviews.
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The Education of a Journalist, by Dan Rottenberg
The power of public discussion
As his readers already know, BSR founding editor Dan Rottenberg loves a good debate, a quest he affirms in his journalistic memoir. Longtime colleague Rob Laymon reviews.

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The Weekly Roundup, April 13-20
A contemporary speculative and sci-fi recommended reading list
Kyle V. Hiller rounds up sci-fi and speculative fiction novels for the sake of spring ahead of the release of Janelle Monáe's new book The Memory Librarian.

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