Books I Read and Loved in February

and a book-themed newsletter i'm loving right now

Emma Soyer, Two Children with a Book 1831 (Courtesy of Tate) from the book Girlhood: Exploring “The Girl” in Art by Claire Marie Healy

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Friends,

Here’s a list of books I’ve enjoyed this February plus a newsletter worth subscribing to.

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• The Last Day Before Exile: Stories of Resistance, Displacement & Finding Home - Selin Bucak

• Poetry for the Many: An Anthology - Jeremy Corbyn

• South African Township Barbershops & Salons - Simon Weller

• Deep-sea Creeps: A Field Guide to Terrible Ex-boyfriends - Danielle Kraese

• Women Holding Things - Maira Kalman

• Survivor - Julie Guinand (translated from the French by Rosie Eyre)

• Sightlines - Kathleen Jamie

• Men To Avoid in Art and Life - Nicole Tersigni

• Things I Left Behind - Shada Mustafa (translated from the Arabic by Nancy Roberts)

• How to Think Like a Woman - Regan Penaluna

• Girlhood: Exploring “The Girl” in Art - Claire Marie Healy

• Whose Story Is This? Old Conflicts, New Chapters - Rebecca Solnit

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in case you missed it:

Books I Read and Loved in January

books i’ve read recently about palestine:

5 Books About Palestine by Palestinian Writers 🍉

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Tembe Denton-Hurst is an author based in the US that shares nourishing book-related posts on her Extracurricular newsletter.

a recent post I loved:

Bags That Fit Books

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