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Monday January 22, 2024
This kids book chronicles a packet of ramen's longing to be Italian spaghetti instead
Dr. Uché Blackstock is the author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine. Diane Zhao/Penguin Random House hide caption
toggle caption Diane Zhao/Penguin Random HouseFollowing in her mom's footsteps, a doctor fights to make medicine more inclusive
'Forgottenness' explores upheavals in Ukraine and what it means to be Ukrainian
Saturday January 20, 2024
Kaveh Akbar on his debut novel 'Martyr!'
Sarah-Jane Collins on her debut novel 'Radiant Heat'
Thursday January 18, 2024
In 'The Fury' Alex Michaelides wants to turn the murder mystery genre on its head
Wednesday January 17, 2024
"The act of choosing a piece of culture to consume is a really powerful one," says writer Kyle Chayka. He's the author of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Getty ImagesHow social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us
Tuesday January 16, 2024
American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead sits for an interview in 1952. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesHow Margaret Mead's research into utopias helped usher in the psychedelic era
Monday January 15, 2024
Random House'Our friendships are our fate': Novelist Hisham Matar on revolution and relationships
The 15-year-old granddaughter of MLK Jr. wants to start a revolution around service
Muhammad Zaman, author of the book We Wait for a Miracle, in his lab at Boston University. Jackie Ricciardi/Boston University hide caption
toggle caption Jackie Ricciardi/Boston UniversityMichele Norris shows how brevity conveys powerful truths about Americans' identities
Sunday January 14, 2024
'Not the End of the World' author on tackling climate change
Director Jeymes Samuel on 'Book of Clarence', a Biblical Epic through a Black lens
Jenny Kiefer on her new horror novel 'This Wretched Valley'
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