Sierra DeMulder – We Slept Here

We Slept Here is a book-as-map to recovery, reclamation, and forgiveness after years of abuse. The work is honest, the work is beautiful, and the work is real.

Francesca Lia Block – Dangerous Angels

This book showed me that magic exists if you know the secret to finding it: creating it yourself.

Maggie Nelson – Bluets

Read #8. You’ll understand.

Simon Van Booy – Everything Beautiful Began After

The passions we cannot control are the ones that define us.

Nicole Krauss – The History of Love

I was once invited to a weekend cabin retreat with a group of friends, and instead of hanging out with any of them, I sat by the fire and read this book from cover to cover.

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Bee Walsh is the author of Manning Up (West 44 Books) An ocean wave. / RIYL: socialism, disordered eating, & love stories. / Union Member, @paythewriter.

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