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LBB Presents: Leigh Goodmark - Imperfect Victims Left Bank Books and St. Louis University Women and Gender Studies presents Leigh Goodmark to discuss her new book "Imperfect Victims: Criminalized Survivors and the Promise of Abolition Feminism" on Friday, April 26, 6pm CT. "Imperfect Victims" was named one of the Best Books of 2023 by Progressive Magazine!
Left Bank Books presents Stonewall Award winning author, Lucy Jane Bledsoe to discuss “Tell the Rest” with Amy Whelan, Virtually 3/15! Left Bank Books presents American Library Association Stonewall Award winning author Lucy Jane Bledsoe, who will discuss her "multilayered gem of a novel," Tell the Rest for a virtual launch event on Left Bank Books' YouTube. Lucy Jane Bledsoe will be in conversation with National Center for Lesbian Rights' Amy Whelan. Order copies of Tell the Rest from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores!