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Monday January 22, 2024

This kids book chronicles a packet of ramen's longing to be Italian spaghetti instead

Dr. Uché Blackstock is the author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine. Diane Zhao/Penguin Random House hide caption

Following in her mom's footsteps, a doctor fights to make medicine more inclusive

Vashti Harrison's Big and Dave Eggers' The Eyes and the Impossible took top honors from the American Library Assocation. Alfred A. Knopf/McSweeney's and Little, Brown and Co. hide caption

Dave Eggers wins Newbery, Vashti Harrison wins Caldecott in 2024 kids' lit prizes

'Forgottenness' explores upheavals in Ukraine and what it means to be Ukrainian

Sunday January 21, 2024

In the picture book 'I Want To Be Spaghetti', a packet of ramen learns to love itself

Saturday January 20, 2024

Kaveh Akbar on his debut novel 'Martyr!'

Sarah-Jane Collins on her debut novel 'Radiant Heat'

Thursday January 18, 2024

In 'The Fury' Alex Michaelides wants to turn the murder mystery genre on its head

The pioneering graphic novel Palestine by Joe Sacco is part comic book, part memoir of his journeys through the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Demand for the book has surged since the start of the war in Gaza. Philippe Huguen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Wednesday January 17, 2024

"The act of choosing a piece of culture to consume is a really powerful one," says writer Kyle Chayka. He's the author of Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Getty Images hide caption

How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us

'You Only Call When You're in Trouble' is a witty novel to get you through the winter

Tuesday January 16, 2024

American cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead sits for an interview in 1952. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption

How Margaret Mead's research into utopias helped usher in the psychedelic era

Monday January 15, 2024

'Our friendships are our fate': Novelist Hisham Matar on revolution and relationships

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