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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

110 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

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nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Who We Be: The Colorization of America by Jeff Chang

Who We Be: The Colorization of America

Jeff Chang

416 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Jazz by Gary Giddins

Jazz

Gary Giddins

720 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

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nonfiction history music challenging informative slow-paced
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

192 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

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nonfiction classics essays race challenging reflective slow-paced
Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes Of A Native Son by James Baldwin

Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes Of A Native Son

James Baldwin

241 pages • first pub 1961 (editions)

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nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging reflective slow-paced
No Name in the Street by James Baldwin

No Name in the Street

James Baldwin

208 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

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nonfiction classics essays memoir race reflective slow-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

176 pages • first pub 1925 (editions)

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fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

320 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

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fiction literary romance emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke

80 pages • first pub 1929 (editions)

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nonfiction classics essays poetry inspiring reflective fast-paced
Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag

Illness as Metaphor

Susan Sontag

87 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

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nonfiction essays philosophy challenging emotional informative slow-paced