Crane, Ben

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I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

This haunting novel of heartbreak and determination in the face of discrimination resonates. Recommended for fans of Ocean Vuong’s poetry and Julia Armfield’s Our Wives Under the Sea.

A Man of Lies

While the book perfectly captures the near fatalistic tone of noir crime fiction at its best, Crane also gives world-weary readers a small measure of hope for the future with his pointed and poignant insights into life and love.
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June, Reimagined

Berry’s nuanced narration of Crane’s (The Upside of Falling Down) adult debut elevates this enemies-to-lovers romance into a worthy purchase for public libraries.
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Goes Like This

These emotionally resonant, innovatively illustrated stories assure Crane’s standing as one of the finest storytellers of his generation.

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

The beautiful, spare narration from Kris as she struggles with grief and motherhood delivers a deep emotional punch, lightened by dry humor and the hope in human connection. For fans of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven and Veronica Roth’s Poster Girl.
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Making the Movement: How Activists Fought for Civil Rights with Buttons, Flyers, Pins, and Posters

Will likely appeal to anyone interested in the Civil Rights movement in the United States and related visual artifacts.
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Reckless Fortune

Full of snowy mountains and white hot nights, Crane’s latest “Fortunes of Lost Lake” romance (following Bold Fortune) is a welcome second addition to her rough and rugged Alaskan wilderness series.

Keeping Two

Crane’s magnum opus is a stylistically adventurous evocation of how fear and grief create barriers to genuine intimacy. Not to be missed.
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Run Home If You Don’t Want to Be Killed: The Detroit Uprising of 1943

Like the infamous 1921 Tulsa race massacre, the Detroit uprising was historically one of thousands of riots nationwide, resulting from centuries of racism and inequity that still echo today. Williams’s thoroughly researched case study provides much to ponder for activists or simply those concerned about social justice.
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