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Book Review | ‘The Art of Becoming a Citizen: a Memoir’ by Gail Godwin
Purposely intertwining the past and the present into a wide-lens reflection on the meaning of being a citizen.
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Book Review | ‘Leila & Khaled’ by Nyla Matuk
A romance set in Palestine, some of the most contested territory in the world.
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Book Review | ‘Honeysuckle’ by Bar Fridman-Tell
Equal parts fairytale and nightmare, an engaging debut novel is both compelling and disturbing.
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Book Review | 'The Body Builders' by Albertine Clarke
A work of speculative fiction that makes the reader unsure of what is and isn’t real.
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Book Review | ‘The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy’ by Steven J. Ross
A shocking account of a resurgence of White Supremacy in America.
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Book Review | ‘Railsong: A Novel’ by Rahul Bhattacharya
The intimate journey of an independent, motherless girl.
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Book Review | ‘I Could Be Famous: Stories' by Sydney Rende
Interconnected stories of the moment makes this debut collection shine.
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Book Review | ‘What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea’ by Fara Dabhoiwala
A timely exploration into the origins of free speech.
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Book Review | ‘Repetition: A Novel’ by Vigdis Hjorth, Translated by Charlotte Barslund
Award-winning novelist Hjorth explores the teen years and their ongoing impact.
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Book Review | ‘House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs Jr.’ by Marion Orr
The story of Michigan’s first Black member of Congress.
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Book Review | ‘The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe’ by Marlene L. Daut
A definitive biography of Henry Christophe was one of our reviewer’s picks for best book of the year.
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Book Review | ‘Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank’ by Justene Hill Edwards
A leading historian exposes how the rise and tragic failure of the Freedman’s Bank has shaped economic inequality in America.
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Book Review | ‘Loneliness & Company’ by Charlee Dyroff
New novel explores the intricacies of human connection and its relationship to technology.
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Book Review | ‘Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement’ by Brandon M. Terry
A landmark reinterpretation of the civil rights movement makes for a stunning new book.
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Review | ‘Without Precedent: How Chief Justice John Roberts and His Accomplices Rewrote the Constitution and Dismantled Our Rights’ by Lisa Graves
An important and plainly written book that deserves to be widely read and discussed among citizens, political figures and policy makers.
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Book Review | ‘Saving Ourselves From Big Car’ by David Obst
An examination of the connection of car culture to the global climate crisis.
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Book Review | ‘Gaza: The Story of a Genocide’ Edited by Fatima Bhutto and Sonia Faleiro
A collection of perspectives from a wide range of people.
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Book Review | ‘Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East’ by Gaar Adams
A memoir of life as a ‘Third Country Kid’ in the Gulf Region.
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Book Review | ‘Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism’ by Brooke Harrington
Making sense of the economic and political inequality spiraling beyond control worldwide.
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Book Review | ‘Thanks to Life: A Biography of Violeta Parra’ by Ericka Verba
A Chilean folklorista gets a long-awaited due.
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Book Review | ‘Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder’ by Salman Rushdie
Writer delves into its meaning after surviving an attack on his life.
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Book Review | ‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad
A scathing look at the byproducts of unaccountable power.
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Book Review | ‘Mendell Station: A Novel’ by J. B. Hwang
A remarkably assured debut novel and realistic portrayal of working-class life.
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Book Review | ‘Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness’ by Michael Koresky
How a queer consciousness permeated the fabric of American movies.
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Book Review | ‘Cheesecake: A Novel’ by Mark Kurlansky
A delectable story of sweets, quirks, and an Upper Westside Manhattan neighborhood.
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Book Review | ‘Ley Lines: A Novel’ by Tim Welsh
A tall tale about a possibly magical mining town.
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Book Review | ‘1999: The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times’ by Ross Benes
Pulling back the curtain on the expansion of trashy, throwaway culture.
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Book Review | ‘A Case of Mice and Murder’ by Sally Smith
A murder mystery well told, taking place in a cloistered sanctuary in the heart of London where lawyers and judges have plied their trade since the 14th century.
Community
Pete Buttigieg to Make a Stop in Santa Barbara
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation to speak on “Making Sense of the 2020s: What the Rest of This Decade Will Require from Leaders in Policy, Politics & Communications.”
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From Good News to Bad News, From Local Beginnings to National Impact
Talking “Money, Lies, and God” and going inside the movement to destroy American democracy with author Katherine Stewart.
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Book Review | ‘There Are Rivers in the Sky’ by Elif Shafak
A magnificent and spellbinding story that shifts seamlessly between places and time periods.
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Book Review | ‘Time of the Child’ by Niall Williams
A tale in which “there’s something in the air that speaks of the miraculous.”
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Book Review | The Chutnification of History: Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’
Revisiting Rushdie’s 1981 novel.
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Book Review | ‘Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy’ by Katherine Stewart
An example of how outstanding journalism provides context and connection on the rise of a political movement.
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Book Review | ‘Awake For Ever in a Sweet Unrest: a novel’ by Chuck Rosenthal
A magical literary (fictional) adventure with John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Lord Byron.
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Book Review | ‘The Big Green Tent: A Novel’ by Ludmila Ulitskaya, Translated by Polly Gannon
A Russian epic in the tradition of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, set in the period after Stalin’s death.
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Book Review | ‘Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us’ by Brian Klaas
A study of power dynamics and what they can lead to and why.
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Book Review | ‘That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America’ by Amanda Jones
What happens when an ordinary person suddenly becomes the target of a public controversy? A full-throated defense of the freedom to read, to discover, and to think.
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Book Review | ‘The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet’ by Brett Christophers
An examination of why the market will never solve the climate crisis.