/ The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (I haven’t read any of Jemisin’s books as of yet and so when I saw that the NYPL was encouraging us city dwellers to read this book together this summer, I wanted to join in. I also know of so many who really like Jemisin’s work, so I want to see what they’re seeing.)
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A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World, Marcia Tucker, with help and editing from Liza Lou (Like Smith’s book below, I felt like there was a certain insistence on being clear about what it felt like to live her life and make the choices she made. She was a remarkable lady. I’m only sorry it took me this long to get to know her work.)
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Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition, Robert Pogue Harrison (This book is remarkable.)
A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece, edited by Jane Jacobs (I picked this up at the Strand Annex closing sale, the Alaska connection and Jane Jacobs involvement made me buy it. It’s a great story, a remarkable portrait of the people who fulfilled America’s Dreams in the new territories.)
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