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PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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SEND NUDES Saba Sams via @BloomsburyBooks imbibed at Becks Coffee @bookstodon

The photo is of a coffee counter on which is the pink paperback book with a painting in the center of oranges in a clear plastic sack against a white background. Above it is a packaged donut. To the right is a white mug of machine brewed black coffee with the creme still visible. The mug says Beck's Coffee Shop. Across the way you can see a man looking at his smartphone, his face cut off from view
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    A SMALL PLACE by Jamaica Kincaid via Farrar, Straus & Giroux imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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    The photo is of a worn wooden counter against a second floor window. The white paperback book with an illustration of a painting of black children holding a white sheet to catch blond white girls in white nightgowns falling from a branch while a white male troubadour looks on from the right. To tye left is a brown paper cup of black coffee with Yanaka Coffee and its logo on it. Outside the window you can see shops across the street and the top of a bus directly below
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    THE BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2023 Edited by Vivian Gornick via @marinerbooks brewed with Yanaka Coffee Yemen Bani Matar varietal
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    LAST NIGHT A DJ SAVED MY LIFE: THE HISTORY OF THE DISC JOCKEY by Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton via Grove Press brewed with Yanaka Coffee Yemen Bani Matar
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    The photo is of a yellow paperback book with a red record with a red cross circled in white. The book is on a couch divider. To the left is a brown mug of black coffee with a LINE app bear image on the mug. Someone's white socked right foot can be seen on the reclined barcalounger
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    MEANING IN INTERACTION: AN INTRODUCTION TO PRAGMATICS by Jenny Thomas via @routledgebooks imbibed at Saito's Coffee
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    THE BABEL MESSAGE: A LOVE LETTER TO LANGUAGE by Keith Kahn-Harris via @iconbooks imbibed at Caffe Risata
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    The photo is inside a cafe. The yellow paperback book with various block letters from various different alphabets spread around. To the left is a white porcelain mug of black coffee on a similar currogated saucer. A metal silver spoon is in front. On the other side of the table is a purple jacket. In the distance is the counter behind which is the coffee master whose face is blurred but is wearing a beret made from an old tan raw coffee bean bag
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    EXTERIORS by Annie Ernaux via @fitzcarraldoeds brewed with Bicycle Coffee

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    I WILL WRITE TO AVENGE MY PEOPLE by Annie Ernaux via @fitzcarraldoeds translated by Alison L Strayer & Sophie Lewis
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    The photo is of a brown couch divider, but the couch is gray. Nestled in the cup holder is a white coffee mug of black coffee with the red medieval-esque logo of Saito's Coffee. To the right is the small white paperback book with blue lettering. Beyond the mug is a plate of 2 toasted square bread.
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    HOW LANGUAGES ARE LEARNED by Patsy M Lightbrown & Nina Spada via Oxford University Press imbibed at Seattle's Best Coffee/Cinnabon
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    The photo is inside a cafe. The purple paperback book is in front on the table. Behind it is a light brown tray on which is a chocolate cinnamon roll on a white plate with a perpendicular fork & knife in front on a napkin. To the right is a white paper coffee cup with a white plastic lid and a brown coffee sleeve at the bottom. The cup has the Seattle's Best Coffee logo. A barista in a black apron is to the left but you cannot see her face.
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    THE UNDERLYING REALITY OF LANGUAGE & ITS PHILOSOPHICAL IMPACT (1971) by Jerrold J Katz via Harper Torchbooks imbibed @Starbucksofficial
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    TO MAKE NEGRO LITERATURE: WRITING, LITERARY PRACTICE, & AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORSHIP by Elizabeth McHenry via @dukepress brewed with Philz Coffee Philtered Soul Blend

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    THE RHINE: FOLLOWING EUROPE'S GREATEST RIVER FROM AMSTERDAM TO THE ALPS by Ben Coates via Nicolas Brealey Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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    The photo is of a wooden table on which is the paperback book with a white space representing The Rhine river between colorful buildings & mountains representing the major cities along the river. To its left is a paper black plastic lidded brown sleeved coffee cup. A few blurry Japanese people can be seen in the distance of a mall
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    EDIBLE ECONOMICS: THE WORLD IN 17 DISHES by Ha-Joon Chang via @penguinukbooks imbibed @costacoffee
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    The photo is of the inside of the cafe. The white paperback book is on a round glass table. Above it is a tray on which is a red paper coffee cup with "Costa Coffee" vertical in white and "Costa" in a larger font To tye right is a green matcha cookie with white chocolate squares. In the distance we can see the red espresso machine on a slatted wood counter on the left. On the wall directly across is a red wall with 3 large coffee beans. Below it is a garbage can for plastic & paper separate. To the right are wooden stools against a red counter.
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    DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler via Vintage Classics imbibed at Macaron Cherie

    The photo is of a white counter against a second floor window where you can see a bit of the alley below & the torso reflection of the photographer. On the counter is the paperback book to the left. On the right is a white tray with a blue macaron on a white plate. There is a mug of coffee to the left, white top, black and white flower design on the bottom. Both are on a white tray with plastic creamer container, black plastic tiny spoon stirrer, and blue striped sugar stick on white napkin. The window has a black and white border design as well to look sort of like ornate architecture
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    LION CITY: SINGAPORE & THE INVENTION OF MODERN ASIA by Jeevan Vasagar via @littlebrown imbibed at Hirai Coffee

    The photo is of a table inside of a cafe. On the table is the paperback book with an illustration of old Singapore underneath modern Singapore. To the left is a plate of french toast. Above the book is a cup & saucer of black coffee with a flower design. A dark & light blue & purple inside of a purple jacket can be seen on the chair across. You can see a wooden door further in the distance.
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    TROOPER PETER HALKET OF MASHONALAND by Olive Schreiner (1897) via Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1431
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    CIVIL SOCIETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Edited by LEE Hock Guan via Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Press imbibed at Tallskogen

    The photo is of a small metal table above a wooden bench. The paperback book mentioned in the toot is mint green with some white, grey, & lighter green circles of various sizes. To the left is an espresso cup with the crema visible. The copy has many white eyeballs among a blue background. the saucer is a white ring around a blue ring. A woman's blue jeaned legs in a light grey jacket with standing sheep, but not her face, can be seen behind the table.
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    NEW MEDIA & THE NEW MIDDLE EAST Edited by Philip Seib via Palgrave Macmillan imbibed at Allpress Espresso Tokyo Roastery & Cafe

    The image is a photo of a narrow wooden bench on a concrete block. The bench is against a dark wooden fence. The book is green with the title listed in the toot. It is on the left edge. To the right is a wooden tray with a white mug of black coffee and a white mug of a flat white with tan foam & white rosette. Between them is a mostly pink card with white words Myanmar Genius and a smaller white section with pink ALLPRESS.
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    HIPSTERISM: A PARADIGM FOR MODERNITY by Tara Semple via Springer Publishing brewed with Maruca Coffee

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    IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MR KURTZ: LIVING ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER IN MOBUTU'S CONGO by Michela Wrong via Perennial imbibed at Cafe Po-te-ma-ru Shokudo

    The photo is of a table on which is the paperback book mentioned in the toot. It is white with an image of an old banknote with the late Black dictator of Zaire & the Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko in a general 's hat & Buddy Holly black glasses. To the right is a white cup & saucer of black coffee, with a few colorful flowers designed on the cup & saucer. On the saucer in front is a silver spoon & a plastic wrapped nut square bar.
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    NATIVE TO THE NATION: DISCIPLINING LANDSCAPES & BODIES IN AUSTRALIA by Allaine Cerwonka via Minnesota University Press imbibed at AyaCenter GuruGuru

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    I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID: A BLACK TEACHER, A WHITE SYSTEM by Jeffrey Boakye via @picadorbooks imbibed at Inaricho Coffee

    The photo is of a brown wooden counter against a white wall. The paperback book is to the left and features a photo of five green chairs and a person rushed off to the right. You can only see one khaki wearing leg and their black shoulder bag. To its right is a white paper cup of black coffee with tannish crema. To its right is a clear plastic bag of coffee beans with a lower sticker saying BLEND III and 2 vertical rows of white kanji vertical on the middle of the bag
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