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Author Events Replay: August & September 2020By: DerekOctober 23, 2020 We might not be able meet in the real world, but online events have been able to bring more of us together and have provided an opportunity for . . . |
Author Spotlight: A Conversation with Andrew GumbelBy: DerekOctober 14, 2020 A college education has long been touted as a path to success, but earning a degree and navigating the bureaucracy of the institutions that grant . . . |
Champions of Literacy, an online event with Literacy PartnersBy: DerekOctober 13, 2020 Literacy Partners, an adult education non-profit based in New York City with programs across the country, is hosting a series of online events . . . |
The Story of the Chicago Seven and the Infamous 1969 TrialBy: DerekOctober 12, 2020 Aaron Sorkin’s new film The Trial of the Chicago 7 releases for streaming on Netflix . . . |
A Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Reading ListBy: DerekOctober 7, 2020 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is one of the giants of contemporary literature. |
New Press Authors Among the 2020 MacArthur FellowsBy: DerekOctober 6, 2020 Every year the MacArthur Foundation announces a new class of fellows. |
Happy Birthday Andrea Dworkin! A Timeline of Dworkin's Life and WorkBy: emilySeptember 26, 2020 One of the most controversial and iconoclastic feminists of the twentieth century, Andrea Dworkin was born on this day in 1946. |
Author Spotlight: A Conversation with Lawrence RosenthalBy: AnonymousSeptember 15, 2020 In 2016, American right-wing populists migrated from the free marketeering Tea Party to Donald Trump’s “hard hat,” anti-immigrant, America-First . . . |
8 Books to Read for National Translation MonthBy: publicitySeptember 8, 2020 September is National Translation Month, a month to . . . |
12 Books Every Worker in America Should Read for Labor DayBy: publicitySeptember 1, 2020 The first Labor Day parade took place in New York City on September 5th, 1882 as a demonstration for worker’s rights. |
8 Books on the Past, Present, and Future of Higher Education in the United StatesBy: DerekAugust 20, 2020 When most Americans think of college, they conjure pre-pandemic images of young adults fresh out of high school strolling across bucolic . . . |
The Horror of Sundown Towns in HBO's "Lovecraft Country"By: publicityAugust 20, 2020 The first episode of “Lovecraft Country,” a new sci-fi/horror series from Jordan Peele, Misha Green, and J.J. |