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    Chil­dren’s
    Chunky Goes to Camp
    Yehu­di Mercado
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    Poet­ry
    Impos­si­ble Belonging
    Maya Pindy­ck
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    Fic­tion
    The Thread Col­lec­tors: A Novel
    Alyson Rich­man
    Shaunna Edwards
    Interview

    ‘Our Shared His­to­ry’: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Alyson Rich­man and Shaunna Edwards

    Shaunna Edwards, Alyson Rich­man
    August 29, 2022
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    Kosher­soul: The Faith and Food Jour­ney of an African Amer­i­can Jew
    Michael W. Twitty
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    The Girl in the Mid­dle: Grow­ing Up Between Black and White, Rich and Poor
    Anais Granofsky
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    Hap­py for You
    Claire Stan­ford
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    Anna and Dr Helmy: How an Arab Doc­tor Saved a Jew­ish Girl in Hitler’s Berlin
    Ronen Steinke
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    Rare Stuff
    Brett Ash­ley Kaplan
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    The End of Bias: A Beginning
    Jes­si­ca Nordell
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    Fic­tion
    To See God
    Bruce J. Berger
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    Chil­dren’s
    The Singer and the Scientist
    Lisa Rose, Isabel Muñoz (Illustrator)
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    Fic­tion
    Mon­key Boy
    Francisco Goldman
    Interview

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    Made­lyn Rosenberg, Wendy Wan-Long Shang
    June 1, 2021
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