‘We’re Looking at a New Cold War’: A Conversation with Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, and Shattered Peace: The Origins of the Cold War, and coauthor of Commanding Heights: The Battle for […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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The Culture Wars Are Energizing Feminist Bookstores

As book banning efforts, assaults upon women’s autonomy, and more intensify, both old-school feminist bookstores and new intersectional feminist shops are drawing customers seeking a safe space and solace in books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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VideoAmp Hires Former Nickelodeon Exec as First CMO as Measurement Wars Continue

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Warsick: Testimonial Plays Share Ukrainians’ Experience of War, by Oleksandra Wallo & Anna Halas

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Steve Jobs, Jef Raskin, and the first great war for your thumbs

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‘I broke out in a cold sweat’: could you stomach seeing your memories of bullying play out on TV?

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'Star Wars: Visions' Volume 2 debuts May 4th with an Aardman short

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Daniel Torday on Why There Are No Acknowledgements in His Latest Novel

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Register Today for AAPI Communities in Conversation #12 with Elizabeth Miki Brina, Author of 'Speak, Okinawa'

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Ronald Glasser, doctor who chronicled Vietnam War wounded, dies at 83

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