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The two Jasons. A writer and an artist. Combine to create a 300 page work of art. This is a book of illustrations, words, themes, frustrations, and immediacy. It's a notebook that contains the thoughts and emotions of a young black man living through 2020, the pandemic and the incidents of police brutality and racial... Continue Reading →
Go Back to Where You Came From is a distinctly American story... populated with trolls and racism, but also with celebrations of family and the story of a young man discovering his voice. Ali is the son of Pakistani immigrants who grew up in Fremont, Ca, matriculated to Cal Berkeley, became a successful playwright, and... Continue Reading →
Light Years From Home is the story of a modern American family whose son just happens to have been fighting an intergalactic war for the past fifteen years. The Shao family grew up on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area... parents and kids playing the eternal game of expectations tug-of-war. Jakob fought constantly... Continue Reading →
All my life, I have been torn between two legacies: that of my father, whose roots trace back to the right hand of the Emperor. That of my mother's family, who reject the oppressive Empire and embrace the resistance. I can choose between them - between protecting my family, or protecting my people - or... Continue Reading →
In Base Notes by Lara Elena Donnelly a hip NYC perfumer manipulates ingredients (both legal and otherwise) to create scents that trigger memories. Vic now owns Bright House, a small boutique to creates small-batch scents… but he has his own clientele who will pay handsomely to have their needs met. A former client comes to... Continue Reading →
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