In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

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In Pursuit of Clean Countertops
In Pursuit of Clean Countertops
August Summer Book Giveaway
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August Summer Book Giveaway

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In Pursuit of Clean Countertops
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This month’s giveaway is a book that has made view almost every single conservative and/or oppressive power structure in the US through a different, shockingly clearer-than-before lens. It’s memoir, cultural criticism, and history, and has permanently altered the way I think about societal forces that seek to shrink and diminish and those that seek to open up and expand.

A dahlia in my garden doing her very best expansive pose.

You know those rare books that forever change your perspective, and make you feel as though someone has given you a key to understanding that which felt opaque and confounding before you read the book? This is one of those rare books.

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