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The Rebel by Albert Camus
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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
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A Susan Sontag Reader
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Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich
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Paris France by Gertrude Stein
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Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
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Class & Feminism
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Beyond the Well of Loneliness by Claudia Stillman Franks
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For Your Own Good by Alice Miller
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Emily L . by Marguerite Duras
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Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras
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Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Taxi by Violette Leduc
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Cosima by Grazia Deledda
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The Rebel by Albert Camus
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Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Emily L . by Marguerite Duras
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Ravishing of Lol Stein by Marguerite Duras
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Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
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Cosima by Grazia Deledda
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Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic
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Eureka Mill by Ron Rash
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Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
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Later the Same Day by Grace Paley, signed
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Old Man and Me by Elaine Dundy
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Our Ground Time Here Will Be Brief by Maxine Kumin
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The Rebel by Albert Camus
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A Susan Sontag Reader
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Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich
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Class & Feminism
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Emily L . by Marguerite Duras
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Lover by Marguerite Duras
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Separations by Marilyn Hacker
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Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic
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Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks
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Storyteller by Leslie Marmon Silko
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Three Pieces by Ntozake Shange
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House on Marshland by Louise Gluck
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Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
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The Temptation of Jack Orkney & Other Stories by Doris Lessing
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Great Days by Donald Barthelme
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Amateurs by Donald Barthelme
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Overnight to Many Distant Cities by Donald Barthelme
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Burnt Water by Carlos Fuentes
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The Rebel by Albert Camus
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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
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A Susan Sontag Reader
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Of Woman Born by Adrienne Rich
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Paris France by Gertrude Stein
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Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
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