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By Defector Media
Defector Media is a 100-percent worker-owned and -operated media company that covers sports & culture. Here's what our staffers have been reading recently.
Got to Be Something Here
Andrea Swensson
Paperback
$17.95
$16.69
From Justin Ellis: "Would you like to know how Prince became Prince, and what informed his sound? Read this."
Little Girls in Pretty Boxes
Joan Ryan
Paperback
$21.99
From Diana Moskovitz: "One of the most important pieces of sport journalism in my lifetime."
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching
Rosemary Mosco
Paperback
$14.99
$13.94
From Dan McQuade: "Interesting information, cute illustrations!"
Battles in the Desert and Other Stories
José Emilio Pacheco
Paperback
$14.95
From Maitreyi Anantharaman
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles
Paperback
$19.00
$17.67
From Kalyn Kahler: "Reading this book makes you feel cozy and warm."
The Poppy War
R. F Kuang
Paperback
$19.99
$18.59
From Luis Paez-Pumar: "This fantasy trilogy features teens with superpowers and rapidly deterioating mental health, set in an Imperial China-like continent full of epic wars and a substantial amount of gore."
Women, Race & Class
Angela Y. Davis
Paperback
$17.00
$15.81
From Diana Moskovitz: "An absolute masterpiece. From 1981 but still relevant today."
Path of Totality
Niina Pollari
Paperback
$16.95
$15.76
From Kelsey McKinney: "Poems that made me feel like I had been punched in the gut."
Disposable Domestics
Grace Chang,
Ai-Jen Poo,
Alicia Garza
Paperback
$19.95
$18.55
From Kelsey McKinney
To Each His Own
Leonardo Sciascia,
W.S. Di Piero,
Adrienne Foulke
Paperback
$18.95
$17.62
From David Roth
Ruby (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)
Cynthia Bond
Paperback
$16.00
$14.88
From Kelsey McKinney: "For Toni Morrison fans."
Defector Media is a 100-percent worker-owned and -operated media company that covers sports & culture.