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The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris threaten riverside booksellers' livelihood

12:05pm August 22, 2023

by Rebecca Rosman

Book stalls along the Seine River have been a beloved Paris tradition for centuries. A plan to remove them before next summer's Olympic Games has not been well received.

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'Unearthing' couples the natural world with the meaning of family

5:00am August 22, 2023

by Kristen Martin

Kyo Maclear presents a unique take on the paternity mystery memoir, one that eschews a predetermined narrative arc for a wide-ranging exploration of what it means to be a family.

Kate Zernike's book explores the long battle for gender equality at MIT

6:31pm August 21, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Kate Zernike about her book The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science.

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Kate Zernike is a national reporter for the New York Times.

This book dissects the years-long battle for gender equality at MIT

4:27pm August 21, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

The few female scientists at MIT in the late 20th century found themselves faced with hurdles related to their gender rather than their research. So they did what scientists do: they quantified it.

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The best spooky reads for summer, according to a horror writer

9:18am August 20, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks horror writer Joe Hill for some spine-tingling summer reading recommendations.

Ancient Night, written by David Bowles and illustrated by David Álvarez

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Rabbit and Opossum come to life in 'Ancient Night' — a new twist on an old legend

8:09am August 19, 2023

by Samantha Balaban

David Álvarez's twist on traditional myths from Mesoamerica is about rivalry, jealousy and making amends. What started as a wordless picture book now has text by author David Bowles.

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3 works in translation tell tales of standing up to right wrongs

7:00am August 19, 2023

by Lily Meyer

Itamar Vieira Junior's Crooked Plow, Miroslav Krleža's On the Edge of Reason, and Maru Ayase's The Forest Brims Over all emerge from acts of rebellion.

The cover of Daughters of Latin America.

These poems by Latin American women reflect a multilingual region

6:01am August 19, 2023

Sandra Guzmán once heard an alarming statistic: Every 14 days, an Indigenous language dies around the world. So she created a new multilingual project centered on Latin American women.

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Isabel Cañas' 'Vampires of El Norte' elegantly navigates a multiplicity of genres

2:06pm August 18, 2023

by Gabino Iglesias

In many ways — setting, historical elements, the mix of romance and horror, the use of Spanish — Vampires of El Norte is the spiritual sister of The Hacienda, and a perfect example of genre mixing.

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The book 'The Quickening' looks at bringing a child into a world with climate change

5:49pm August 17, 2023

by Julie Depenbrock

In the new book The Quickening, author Elizabeth Rush charts a journey to Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier" — and muses about contemplating parenthood in a time of climate change.

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