A Simple Distance
A provocative debut that masterfully fuses issues of culture, race, sexuality, and family.
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Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles
The dramatic and captivating story of an unlikely coalition that formed in the wake of the Rodney King beating to challenge the destructive reign of Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates.
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Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Unnameable Books (Brooklyn, NY)
7/8/26, 7:00pm
Meryl Branch-McTiernan presents What You Should Worry About; also reading Maisy Card; moderated by Ledia Xhoga
Meryl Branch-McTiernan — Columbus Book Festival (Columbus, OH)
7/11/26, 11:30am
The Ties that Bind: Literary Fiction, featuring Meryl Branch-McTiernan, author of What You Should Worry About, Marshall Fine, author Hemlock Lane, Virginia Pye, author of Marriage and Other Monuments, and Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, author of Chitra Demands to Go Home.
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Exclusive David Duchovny Preorder Package
The new paperback edition of David Duchovny’s debut poetry collection, About Time, is now available for preorder.
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Exclusive Robyn Hitchcock Preorder Package
The preorder package for Robyn Hitchcock’s memoir Stranded in the Future is now available for preorder!
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