The Mystery Guest...
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July 26th, 2024
The Mystery Guest...
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July 22nd, 2024
On This Week's Front Table, move between the crafted and the real, beginning with poignant novels dealing with nature, family, violence, marriage and the bewilderment everywhere in everyday life; educate yourself on the future of economic development and the difficulties of centering mental health care into the mainstream of medicine; follow the paths of Black students fighting against imposed miseducation and learn about the dinosaurs that toppled traditional religious authority; finish the journey with a collection of chimeric poetics that blends field recordings, state archives, and ancient texts. Find these titles and more at semcoop.com.
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July 15th, 2024
On This Week's Front Table, grapple with the nuances of modern society, from our supply chain's shortcomings to the toll of the American dream to the fate of uninsured persons confronting our healthcare system. Follow artists as they create art in Chicago's urban spaces; ask questions of sexual identity, exile, and lineage; journey through a provocative portrayal of sibling competition and the exploitation of social outcasts and rediscover the beauty of Baudelaire's poems. Find these titles and more at semcoop.com....
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July 1st, 2024
The Solidarity Economy
(Princeton University Press)
Tehila Sasson
After India gained independence in 1947, Britain reinvented its role...
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May 6th, 2024
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April 29th, 2024
On This Week's Front Table, examine the relationship of play in the animal world and its implication for the human world, take a dive into the rich, political, and cultural history of psychedelics over time, and read a comprehensive and tumultuous history about acclaimed author Jean Rhys. Then, sift through contemplative and incisive essays, interviews, and tributes from iconic Queer critic and writer, Maggie Nelson, and read an unforgettable novel about a book censor and his Alice in Wonderland-like dreams about the lives of characters he censors. Find these titles and more at ...
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April 13th, 2024
On This Week's Front Table, meditate on a devotional to the planet, to animals, and to plants from renowned author Lydia Millet, explore what it means to take up a feminist ethic of living rooted in the principles of radical inclusion, mutuality and friendship, and then travel from plant breeding labs to the jungles of Peru to study the impact of trees on our planet. Also, look closely at stories about life changing moments from the acclaimed storytelling series, The Moth, and read genre defying poetry that is an ode to New York, flirting, eavesdropping, and remembering. Find these titles and more at ...
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March 29th, 2024
On this week’s Front Table, explore the topic of affinities between conspiracy theory and critical theory; discover a propulsive page-turner about multiple electrifying relationships; ruminate on daughterhood, the intergenerational inheritance of gendered violence, mothering, and the body's cumulative wisdom. Also, discover the newly published biography of Warhol superstar and transgender icon Candy Darling. Find these titles and more at semcoop.com.
Some Strange Music Draws Me In: A Novel
(W.W. Norton)
Griffin Hansbury
Populated by a cast of...
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March 22nd, 2024
On This Week's Front Table, journey into underground parties, pulsating with life and limitless possibility to unveil the unexpected revolution revitalizing urban nightlife; navigate the labyrinths of history, love, and ethics in a fractured American present; explore the astonishing science of bird life, an unexpected blueprint for muscular citizenship, powered by joy; and ask, when you have lived a life in flux, how do you find rest? Find these titles and more at semcoop.com.
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March 1st, 2024
On this week's Front Table, explore the place of women in history, their creativity, and the enduring power of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Delve into an action-theoretical account of the aesthetic, and an intimate foray onto the dancefloor that speaks to the heart of what it is that makes us move. Then an epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border, told through the lives of the migrants. Immerse yourself in exhilarating lyric poems that chart the history of a family, and explore a debut novel that delves into the devastation of feeling invisible and the transformative power of being seen. Find these titles and more at semcoop.com...
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