Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Winnie and Nelson,” “Tomorrow Perhaps the Future,” “The Covenant of Water,” and “The House Is on Fire.”
“Winnie and Nelson,” “Tomorrow Perhaps the Future,” “The Covenant of Water,” and “The House Is on Fire.”
The author discusses “Valley of the Moon,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
The Nicomachean Ethics is an unexampled work by a paragon of classical thought. How does it hold up as a self-help manual?
The author reads his story from the July 3, 2023, issue of the magazine.
After the Dobbs decision that reversed Roe v. Wade, North Dakota and thirteen other states banned most abortions. Emily Witt visits one clinic that managed to move across state lines.
Poetry by Christian Wiman: “Come back / from the sallowing past, / from the herd immunity / to miracles.”
They both release and attract toxic chemicals, and appear everywhere from human placentas to chasms thirty-six thousand feet beneath the sea. Will we ever be rid of them?
New cartoons from the magazine.
Including Bâtards Glorieux by Christoph Waltz, BabySkyn by Khai Malik, and WMDBeauty by Dick Cheney.
Poetry by Laura Kolbe: “Only by keeping always one-third full / will my stomach give peace.”
Juliet Stevenson stars in Robert Icke’s adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler play, as a doctor who is a target of antisemitism, and also language policing.
“The tinker shook his head. ‘Who wants to live out here? Only you. Not even the soldiers guarding the border, a day’s journey north, want to be there.’ ”
Growing up in Manhattan Plaza, an artists’ housing complex, the singer-songwriter sat in with the Marsalis brothers and almost had Alicia Keys as a babysitter.
Casa Mirador is located on a 509.00 m2 lot in the department of La Paz, Bolivia, and stands out for its unique design and location.
When Procter & Gamble approached Hannah Fishman's agency to put together a Pride campaign, she was not interested in tying self-disclosure to a timeline. Directing a room full of senior Grey Group executives away from safely spotlighting another linear coming out story, the ECD pointed to a universal experience across the LGBTQ+ community that had...
As far as big-brand Pride campaigns go, The North Face's latest was fairly innocuous: drag queen Pattie Gonia inviting viewers to "come out" into the wilderness as part of its Summer of Pride campaign. "Nature lets you be who you are," The North Face cheerfully posted on Instagram. What followed was a chorus of stories...
The Myrtle Beach Pelicans scored nine across the final three innings but couldn't overcome an early deficit as they dropped the series finale to the K... - CarL Myrtle Beach Pelicans
A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated wings.
Bill Walton in his Portland Trailblazer days
No, not as a broadcaster
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POMONA, NY - The New York Boulders are set to host an explosive two-day Fourth of July extravaganza at Clover Stadium next week. Both days will featur... - FL New York Boulders
In this week's Chemical and Engineering News, this news (article by Krystal Vasquez):
Average salaries for full-time faculty at colleges and universities in the US increased by 4.1% between fall 2021 and fall 2022, according to a new report by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). But the pay bump was no match for inflation.
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Toxic dust plagues marginalized communities on the shores of this disappearing salt lake
Record increases in solar and wind installations in 2022 failed to cut into the massive 82% share of fossil fuels in global energy consumption amid turbulent energy markets and energy security concerns, the annual Statistical Review of World Energy showed on Monday. Moreover, despite the record growth of global solar and wind capacity additions last year, emissions rose again, to a new record high, and further put the world off track to the Paris Agreement targets, said the report, published by the... Читать дальше...
The TwentyFirstCenturyBrand co-founder and chair writes about launching “Is Mankind?” during his time at Airbnb.
Owning a home beats renting one in several important ways, common wisdom dictates, starting with the fact that homeowners pay down their own mortgage, rather than someone else’s. But home ownership feels out of reach to many Americans in 2023, thanks to a historic alignment of high mortgage rates and high sales prices. Surprisingly, real...