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PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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ERASURE by Percival Everett via Faber & Faber imbibed at Mills Coffee
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The photo is outside a cafe. On a brown round wooden table is the paperback book with a black and white photo of a young Black boy smiling with a toy gun pointed at his head. He is wearing suspenders holding up jeans He is also wearing a long sleeve striped dress shirt. The book's title ERASURE is i uppercase yellow letters. To the right is a white lidded white coffee cup with "mills coffee" in red lowercase letters. Close to the table is a green painted line with white outline and a silver van passing by on the street
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    WHEN McKINSEY COMES TO TOWN: THE HIDDEN INFLUENCE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL CONSULTING FIRM by Walt Bogdanich & Michael Forsythe via Vintage Books imbibed at Mills Coffee
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    Photo is outside of the coffeeshop. On a small round wooden table is the black paperback book with golden scissors & McKINSEY in red & the rest of the words in white. To the left is a wooden tray on which is a metal fork, a white napkin in plastic, a white mug of black coffee, a turquoise tray with a slice of brown sugar frosted cake & an oval dollop of cream on top, the whole thing on white translucent paper. Beneath the table on the street is a green stripe outlined by white line
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    DEAR GIRLS: INTIMATE TALES, UNTOLD SECRETS & ADVICE FOR LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE by Ali Wong via Random House imbibed at Mills Coffee
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    The photo is outside a cafe along the street. On a small round wooden table is the hardcover book featuring a photo of Asian American comedienne Ali Wong with long black hair & big frameless glasses. She is in a purple sequin long dress & purple high heels with a slit exposing her right calf. The dress exposes her left shoulder. She sits on an oversized pink chair with her hands on the armrests & her eyes closed Behind her is a green curtain that syncs with the green paint along the street that has a white birder. Above the border is a large white hiragana character for 'ma'. To the left of the book is a white mig of black coffee that says 'Mills Coffee & Hostel 1010' on it & the round swan logo for the coffeeshop
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    FEAR OF FALLING: THE INNER LIFE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS by Barbara Ehrenreich via Harper Perennial imbibed at Mills Coffee
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    The photo is outside a cafe On a round wooden brown table is the grey paperback book with a green spine of yellow illustrated men shining the shoes of the men above them, the man at the top holding a martini glass. To the left is a white mug of black coffee. You can see the front of 2 bicycle ls near a green and white strip of paint along the road
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    IDOL, BURNING by Rin USAMI translated by Asa YONEDA via Canongate checked out from Adachi Public Library imbibed at Buoy Cafe

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    The paperback library book is pink on top, turquoise on bottom with red outline of a bobbed women. To the left is a ling cylindrical glass with handle in the lower part full of black coffee on a brass coaster. All are on a round dark brown wooden table above a cement floor in a cafe
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    INVOLUNTARY CONSENT: THE ILLUSION OF CHOICE IN JAPAN'S ADULT VIDEO INDUSTRY by Akiko Takeyama via Stanford University Press imbibed at Mills Coffee
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    Photo is outside the cafe where a street can be seen with a green stripe against a white stripe. On a brown wooden round table is the pink paperback book with a woman's black naked silhouette. To the right is a mustard yellow mug of black coffee. Further to the right is a square white plate with a tan cookie with a strip of pecans in the middle.
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