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    Literary Fiction

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    Fic­tion
    The Memo
    Rachel Dodes
    Lau­ren Mechling
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    Poet­ry
    Father Vers­es Sons: A Cor­re­spon­dence in Poems
    Ari Gold
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    Fic­tion
    Song of Myself: A Gay Man’s Odyssey of Self-Discovery
    Arnie Kantrowitz
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    Fic­tion
    Cal­i­for­nia Dreaming
    Noa Sil­ver
    Cover of Untethered
    Fic­tion
    Unteth­ered
    Ruth Rakoff
    Cover of Not Nothing
    Fic­tion
    Not Noth­ing
    Gayle For­man
    Cover of The Oracle of Spring Garden Road
    Fic­tion
    The Ora­cle of Spring Gar­den Road
    Nor­rin M. Ripsman
    Cover of Forget I Told You This
    Fic­tion
    For­get I Told You This
    Hilary Zaid
    Cover of South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain
    Fic­tion
    South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jew­ish Expul­sion from Spain
    Eric Z. Weintraub
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    Fic­tion
    Clown Shoes
    Robert Markowitz
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    Fic­tion
    Woman of Valor
    Lynne Golod­ner
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    Swim­ming to Jerusalem
    Seth Born­stein
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    DAUGH­TER OF A PROMISE
    Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
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    Our Lit­tle Histories
    Jan­ice Weizman
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    Fic­tion
    The Strange Beautiful
    Car­la Crujido
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    Help Want­ed
    Adelle Wald­man
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