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Nancy Tystad Koupal

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At Home in the World A Memoir

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In the Land of Men A Memoir — Adrienne Miller

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Adrienne Miller

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The Distance Between Us A Memoir — Reyna Grande

The Distance Between Us A Memoir

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The World According to Joan Didion — Evelyn McDonnell

The World According to Joan Didion

Evelyn McDonnell

Themes: Literary Figures • Women Authors • Literary Criticism

After Kathy Acker A Biography — Chris Kraus

After Kathy Acker A Biography

Themes: Literary Figures • Women Authors • Literary Criticism

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Raiders and Horse Thieves Memoir of a Central Texas Baby Boomer

Jackie Ellis Stewart

Themes: Literary Figures • Women Authors • Literary Criticism

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Consider Poor I

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Festival Days — Jo Ann Beard

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Fruit Punch A Memoir

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Jane Tyson Clement

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Gellhorn A Twentieth-Century Life

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