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1) God's gym
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In God's Gym, the celebrated author John Edgar Wideman offers stories that pulse with emotional electricity. The ten pieces here explore strength, both physical and spiritual. The collection opens with a man paying tribute to the quiet fortitude of his mother, a woman who "should wear a T-shirt: God's Gym." In the stories that follow, Wideman delivers powerful riffs on family and fate, basketball and belief. His mesmerizing prose features guest appearances...
2) Charged
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Grounded trilogy volume 2
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Faith kept her plain. Science made her complicated. After her harrowing experience at the hands of Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic, Lydia Troyer is relieved to resume her plain and simple life in Hemlock Hollow. All she wants now is to help Korwin fit in and to prepare for their upcoming marriage. But when an untimely death vastly changes the expectations of the Ordnung, harsh judgment falls on anything or anyone from the outside world, including...
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A 2004 PEN/Malamud Award winner, this collection celebrates the work of American artist Richard Bausch -- a writer the New York Times calls "a master of the short story." By turns tender, raw, heartbreaking, and riotously funny, the many voices of this definitive forty-two-story collection (seven of which appear here for the first time) defy expectation, attest to Bausch's remarkable range and versatility, and affirm his place alongside such acclaimed...
5) Wired
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Grounded trilogy volume 3
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Faith kept me plain. Science made me complicated. Now that I'm a special agent for the rebellion, I can't hide what I am anymore. I'm a Spark, genetically engineered to be electrokinetic. Along with my boyfriend Korwin, I am also the Liberty Party's best hope of stopping Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic from developing a new generation of biological weapons. When our mission to destroy Dr. Konrad's work goes awry, the side effects of a brain-altering...
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"The acclaimed author's first collection of stories. "Gayl Jones's work represents a watershed in American literature. From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable . . . and as a Black woman writer, her truth-telling, filled with beauty, tragedy, humor, and incisiveness, is unmatched." -Imani Perry"--
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