Author isn't on the fence about whether border walls work

Posted on 01/18/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Marcello Di Cintio is a bit of a border hipster — he was talking about walls long before they were, well, maybe no...

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Scholar describes experience of translating the Hebrew Bible

Posted on 01/19/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It’s hard to imagine, with the possible exception of raising a child, to imagine a project that takes twenty-four...

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Surgeon-turned-author dives deep into the world of organ transplants

Posted on 01/20/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Warning: Squeamish readers may want to skip the full interview with the author of When Death Becomes Life. The book is a...

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“Cat Person" author describes the source of her inspiration

Posted on 01/17/2019 at 07:59 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

It seems fair to say that readers are always curious about where their favorite authors find inspiration. For writer Kri...

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Book your ticket to the world's most beautiful bookstore

Posted on 01/16/2019 at 07:48 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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The Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore in Buenos Aires, Argentina, doesn’t have a huge English-language section &mdas...

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"The Day the Sun Died" author calls his book a predictive allegory

Posted on 01/15/2019 at 10:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Depending on your feelings about a certain classic it’s compared to, you may or may not find yourself interested i...

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Memoirs and podcasts are what happen when you're busy making plans

Posted on 01/12/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Almost no part of journalist Hillary Frank’s childbirth and recovery experience went according to plan. There was...

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Soviet-era libraries see surge in popularity around Moscow

Posted on 01/11/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The news out of Moscow isn’t all political or controversial, we learned yesterday. Soviet-era libraries are being...

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Memoir introduces you to potential candidate Kamala Harris

Posted on 01/10/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sen. Kamala Harris hasn’t decided whether she’ll run for president in 2020, but in the event that she does,...

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"The Water Cure": What if masculinity was literally toxic?

Posted on 01/09/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The phrase “toxic masculinity” takes on a literal meaning in the new book The Water Cure. In author Sophie M...

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