Front Table

On this week's front table, consider the conscious mind as a solution to the problem of the organic body, explore the many manifestations of the good life in urban Beijing, see a "divided America" become literal in a time-skipping novel, and enter the dreams of ordinary people in Hitler's Germany. Then, encounter doppelgangers and soft sculpture, learn about the form and future of the mosque, and experience a debut collection about young women and desire in the American South. Find these titles and more at semcoop.com. 

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On this week's front table, learn how AI creates an undemocratic state, get to know the characters of the Linotype, and step through the looking glass and into a chilling Gothic. Then, challenge the stigma around pregnancy loss, lose yourself in a novel of family secrets and reunions in Rwanda, explore the history of creativity through the Greek muses, and immerse yourself in a Catalan classic that spans generations. Find more information about these titles and many more at semcoop.com.

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On this week's front table, explore the racial inequities embedded in Chicago's public transportation, encounter a woman who was wife and mother to Roman emperors, and fall into the dreams of one of Latin America's greatest, strangest authors. Then, explore new pathways to inclusivity and cultural power in art, read an archipelago-set alternate history of the Troubles, remember nature in order to preserve it, and explore a time- and form-spanning selection of poetry that becomes a hybrid autobiography.  Find these titles and more at semcoop.com. 

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On this week's front table, reckon with the place of statues in a postcolonial present, trace the genealogy of the conspiracy, and embark on an experiment in shared consciousness. Then, join a therapist embedded in the decline of Appalachia, read the posthumous masterpiece of a neglected American writer, explore the life and afterlife of Margaret of Anjou, and try a new novel of suburban malaise (with tennis). Find these titles and more at semcoop.com. 

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