I Have Some Questions for You (fiction – hardbound) by Rebecca Makkai
This is a thought-provoking novel about a successful film professor and podcaster who is compelled to dig into the murder of a high school classmate. It gathers power with every page. Part murder mystery, part campus novel, I Have Some Questions for You is a timely page turner that focuses on racial prejudice, sexual misconduct, the cancel culture, and the inconsistencies of memory.
Hell Followed with Us (fiction – hardbound) by Andrew Joseph White
A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors, this is perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and Annihilation. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the
fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with. When cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center.
The Purpose of Power (nonfiction – paperback) by Alicia Garza
Long before #BlackLivesMatter became a rallying cry for this generation, Garza had spent the better part of two decades
learning and unlearning some hard lessons about organizing. The lessons she offers are different from the “rules for radicals” that animated earlier generations of activists, and diverge from the charismatic, patriarchal model of the American civil rights
movement. She reflects instead on how making room amongst the woke for those who are still awakening can inspire and activate more people to fight for the world we all deserve. This is the story of one woman’s lessons through years of bringing people
together to create change from the mind and heart behind one of the most important movements of our time.
Upcoming Events
Saturday April 15 @ 1 pm (free – Corte Madera store) Felicia Gaston, author of A Brand New Start … This Is Home
This night’s featured book documents Marin City’s founding as a shipbuilding community during WWII, as workers migrated from the American South & Midwest to create Marin County’s only Black enclave. This book focuses mainly on housing and social challenges from 1942 to the present day, showing the community’s fierce strength and resilience.
Sunday, April 16 @ 2 pm (free – SF Ferry Building) Kirthana Ramisetti, author of Advika and the Hollywood Wives
From Kirthana Ramisetti, the author of Dava Shastri’s Last Day, comes Advika and the Hollywood Wives, a gripping tale of marriage, scandal, fame, and identity as a woman grapples with life as the new wife of a renowned Hollywood film producer—perfect for readers of Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Wednesday, April 19 @ 5 pm (free – Ferry Building store) Avgi Saketopoulou, author of Sexuality Beyond Consent
Arguing that we have become culturally obsessed with healing trauma, Sexuality Beyond Consent calls attention to what traumatized subjects do with their pain. The erotics of racism offers a paradigmatic example of how what is proximal to violation may become an unexpected site of flourishing. Central to the transformational possibilities of trauma is a queer form of consent, limit consent, that is not about guarding the self but about risking experience. Dr. Saketopoulou thereby shows why sexualities beyond consent may be worth risking—and how risk can solicit the future. https://www.bookpassage.com/
Top of Your Stack – Recommendations from Book Passage
Published on April 6, 2023
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