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If you are struggling To keep track of the number of anti-LGBTQ+ education bills that would lead to widespread book bans across the US, know two things. First of all, you are not alone. Second, that is the issue, and why the Senate has now added its own book ban legislation to the mix. Senate
IIn the summer of 1937, two exhibitions sponsored by the Nazis opened in Munich. For the Degenerate Art exhibition, hundreds of confiscated works by banned modern artists, including Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, were collected: a mocking display of the alleged anti-German sentiment of contemporary culture. The show also served as a counterpoint to
IIn late February 2022, Charlie Walker set out on a hiking holiday in Northern Siberia. In temperatures as low as -50C, they intended to sail a thousand miles north along the frozen surface of the Lena River, then across the solid Laptev Sea to the port city of Tiksi, before eventually flying to London. “The
Matthew Medney is the author of The Existential Equation: What’s the Cost of Humanity?Now off Gungnir. Below, he recommends three thought-provoking science fiction novels. Leaving you stunned… wondering about what could have been… dreaming of a radical change in reality… These are the feelings that all great science fiction should leave you with. Want more,
Matthew Medney is the author of The Existential Equation: What’s the Cost of Humanity?Now off Gungnir. Below, he recommends three thought-provoking science fiction novels. Leaving you stunned… wondering about what could have been… dreaming of a radical change in reality… These are the feelings that all great science fiction should leave you with. Want more,
Torn Pages x Wattpad Books After being dumped by their mates at the same restaurant on the same night, Bree and Liam bond over cocktails, bad luck, and the kind of chemistry they definitely didn’t expect. What starts as an agreement to help each other move forward turns into late-night conversations, undeniable attraction, and feelings
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Why should the kids have all the fun? Old characters from novels of all genres are having their time in the sun right now. (Hopefully he’s wearing a wide-brimmed hat.) But excellent old men have always been prevalent in books, including the five wonderful novels below, which also include some kicking butt! Which reminds me
In conversation with Merv Emre on The Critic and Her Publics Welcome to season four of The Critic and Her Publics: The Art of the Interview. This season, host Merv Emre talks to professional interviewers of all types about how they get the answer they’re looking for, what makes a good question, how do you