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Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Power of Narratives in New Book Reading and Conversation
Ta-Nehisi Coates, acclaimed author, journalist, and activist, commenced the spring ’25 semester “Global Justice: Historical ...
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20 years later, the Meeting House book swap is still going strong
Cedroni’s monthly book swap started as a way to celebrate the Saylesville Friends Meeting House, but two decades later, the event itself has become a beloved community staple.
96-year-old becomes published poet with 6-year-old collaborator
Morgan has been writing poetry for more than 60 years. And at 96, this book finally made her a published poet. Beyond poetry, ...
Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors heard how a knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie unfolded in a matter of seconds at a 2022 New York talk and how ...
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‘One Thousand and One Nights’ captures audience with Arabic movements and storytelling
Photo by Khalid al BusaidiLast weekend at the Royal Opera House Muscat, audiences were whisked away into an enchanting world ...
Valentine’s Day Children’s Books That Won’t Make You Cringe
These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives.
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Of Uzziah must die
Back in the day there was a popular message titled, Uzziah must die. It came from Isaiah 6:1, “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his ...
Osamu Dazai’s bleak prose was matched only by his own misery
The Japanese writer’s short-story collection “No One Knows” shows why he was the master of melancholy.