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Now showing — Reading From Giovanni's Room · 5 works
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One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic remembrance of things past -- and still poignantly present. It depicts the adventures of Malone, a beautiful young man searching for love amid New York's emerging gay scene. From Manhattan's Everard Baths and after-hour...
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A professor's fall from grace in post-apartheid South Africa. Power, shame, and transformation.
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Mosses from an Old Manse is a 1846 book by Nathaniel Hawthorne, linked to United States and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
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Plain Tales from the Hills is a 1888 book by Rudyard Kipling, linked to British Raj and English. It keeps the reading field grounded in identifiable authorship and place.
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Held here because it strengthens the visible field.
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