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Favorite reads from Dudley's Bookshop Cafe

Great reads to add to your summer reading list

By Tom Beans & Aaron Akbar, Dudley's BookShop Cafe

May 19, 2021

Editor's note: Back in the before-times (aka pre-COVID), each month we worked with Dudley's Bookshop Cafe to curate a selection of books readers might want to come pick up the evening of an upcoming First Friday. With First Friday still off the table for June, according to the event's organizers, these books become (just?)

Favorite reads from Dudley's Bookshop Cafe

You Can't Take It With You

@ Cascade Theatrical Company

Sat., June 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Sun., June 4, 2-4 p.m., Thu., June 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fri., June 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Sat., June 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sun., June 11, 2-4 p.m.

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"A Master Class in the Essay"

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A recommended summertime read: "Desert Notebooks: A Road Map for the End of Time"

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In the spirit of this Outdoor issue of the Source Weekly, here are three new Adventure Travel standout reads:

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Before you stroll the streets of First Friday, check out these book suggestions, courtesy of Dudley's Bookshop Cafe

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There's never a bad time for some James Baldwin

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By Hannah Williford
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"Custer Abandoned"

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You Can't Take It With You

@ Cascade Theatrical Company

Sat., June 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Sun., June 4, 2-4 p.m., Thu., June 8, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Fri., June 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Sat., June 10, 7:30-9:30 p.m. and Sun., June 11, 2-4 p.m.

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