Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America
What was life like for the gangs of New York and others thrown into the nineteenth-century slammer?
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The Thinning
What You Should Worry About
Fame: The Hijacking of Reality (Paperback edition)
Go the Fuck to College
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The Darkest Hearts
Trap music, human trafficking, malt liquor, and the tyranny of President Trump collide in the fifth installment of Nelson George’s D Hunter mystery series.
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You Can Keep That to Yourself: A Comprehensive List of What Not to Say to Black People, for Well-Intentioned People of Pallor
At long last, a much-needed guidebook for well-intentioned people of pallor on what not to say to their African American “friends.”
Upcoming Events
Meryl Branch-McTiernan — The Book Catapult (San Diego, CA)
6/24/26, 7:00pm
Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About, in conversation with Chip Hooley.
Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Book Soup (West Hollywood, CA)
6/25/26, 7:00pm
Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About, in conversation with Nicola Harrison.
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