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1. Deconstructing Tyrone: A New Look at Black Masculinity in the Hip-Hop Generation
By Natalie Hopkinson and Natalie Y. Moore
Cleis Press, $14.95 paper
Two journalists look at black male archetypes of the hip-hop generation.
2. There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Africa’s Children
By Melissa Fay Greene
Bloomsbury, $25.95
A journalist examines the AIDS crisis in Africa by looking at one woman’s journey to establish a refuge for AIDS orphans.
3. Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes
Edited by Alison Swan
Michigan State University Press, $26.95 paper
A variety of Midwestern writers reflect on the beauty of the Great Lakes and their pull on our memories.
4. The Audacity of Hope
By Barack Obama
Crown, $25
Details the policy positions of Illinois’ junior U.S. senator.
5. I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
By Amy Sedaris
Warner Books, $27.99
One comic celebrity’s approach to hospitality and entertaining.
