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‘3 Body Problem’ Premieres on Netflix on March 21st

A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time to a group of brilliant scientists in the present day. As the laws of nature unravel before their eyes five former colleagues reunite to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history. Watch trailer

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You Probably Haven’t Heard of These Two Remarkable Fantasy Writers

We’ve all seen those headlines — you know the kind — that run something like, “The best American fantasy writer you’ve never heard of.” Who could that be, we wonder? Well, two possible answers to that particular question are Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986) and Avram Davidson (1923-1993). It’s a safe bet you haven’t heard of either of them. Read more

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‘James’ by Percival Everett

Percival Everett’s new novel amends Mark Twain’s classic tale [Huckleberry Finn] with the enslaved sidekick, Jim, at its center … What sets “James” above Everett’s previous novels, as casually and caustically funny as many are, is that here the humanity is turned up — way up. This is Everett’s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful. Beneath the wordplay, and below the packed dirt floor of Everett’s moral sensibility, James is an intensely imagined human being. Read more

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Nation’s Top Poets to Gather for Robert Frost’s 150th Birthday

From March 20-24, 2024, San Diego will transform into a poetic hub where creativity, inspiration, and passion converge. This once-in-a-lifetime Sesquicentennial event will showcase some of the brightest stars in poetry, including Pulitzer Prize-winner Tracy K. Smith, Ruth Lilly Prize-winner Allison Joseph, Pulitzer Prize-finalist Bruce Weigl, and Guggenheim Fellowship winner Jay Parini. Read more

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Audie Awards (for Best Audiobooks) Announced

The night’s biggest honor, Audiobook of the Year, went to the memoir Surrender, written and narrated by Bono and published by Penguin Random House Audio … Other winners across the 27 awards catagories included Making It So, written and narrated by Patrick Stewart (Autobiography/Memoir); Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, narrated by Meryl Streep (Fiction); Leslie F*cking Jones, written and narrated by Leslie Jones (Humor); Poverty, by America, written by Matthew Desmond and narrated by Dion Graham (Nonfiction); and This Terrible True Thing, written by Jenny Laden and narrated Gail Shalan (Young Adult). Read More

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The Trump Indictments

Besides letting you pore over the indictment documents in printed form, the book offers some context from Murray and Weissmann. The professors include background on the cases, as well as comparisons to other cases abroad where criminal charges were brought against a former leader. Throughout the documents, the authors provide annotations and notes to help readers better understand. Plus, they even created a timeline and “cast of characters” section for easy referencing. Read more

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The Essential James Baldwin

James Baldwin would have turned 100 on Aug. 2 this year. His final works were published almost 40 years ago, just two years before his death in 1987. Yet his writing is as imperative as ever. He wrote with the kind of moral vision that was as comforting as it was chastising — almost surely the influence of the pulpit he once occupied as a child preacher in his native Harlem. Read more

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