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“Dorm Room Feng Shui: Find Your Gua, Free Your Chi,” by Katherine Olaksen (Storey, $10.95)
Olaksen tackles design with a college kid’s jargon and outlook. Not long ago, she was a first-year university student trying to adjust to life after high school while living in “a 10-by- 15-foot box with a homesick roommate.” Olaksen kept the book focused on the young while her aunt, writer Elizabeth MacCrellish, and longtime feng shui practitioner Margaret Donahue figured out the nuts and bolts. The result is a breezy, light-hearted look at how the ancient Chinese art of furniture arrangement can improve life in the residence hall.|Elana Ashanti Jefferson
