Swift performs at Gillette Stadium on May 19, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass., during her Eras Tour.
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Media outlets increasingly construct narratives about collective reality based on what’s happening on social media.
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From new writing on art to books on how the world got to where is politically and environmentally.
Kole Omotoso.
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Nigeria’s writer and professor of drama, Kole Omotoso, died on 19 July 2023 aged 80.
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Authors and publishers are worried about the threat of AI – and they’re fighting back. But there are still important ways human authors can’t be replaced with machines.
Research shows there is a lack of awareness among young people of the urban planning profession.
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A project to upgrade a high school playing field led to a book on how to inspire more young people to pursue careers as urban planners.
Librarian Sharice Towles checks in books at the main branch of the Reading Public Library circulation desk in Reading, Penn.
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Librarians are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battle raging across the US over censorship, book challenges and book bans. That conflict has even changed how librarians are trained.
People’s ways of choosing books are significantly influenced by our offline relationships and book browsing habits.
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Even for people who regularly look to social media platforms for book recommendations, recommendations from friends, family members or colleagues are a main way of choosing what to read.
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Six of the best books from 2023 to read this summer.
The practice of putting images of only deceased or allegorical people on U.S. stamps dates back to 1847.
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Hint: It’s all tied up with the country’s history with British royalty.
Coming of age brings new challenges for central characters who are discovering their own sexuality.
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A scholar of young adult fiction presents a fresh list of LGBTQ ‘must-reads’ for the summer of 2023.
Former President Donald Trump’s many missteps made him an easy target for amateur jokesters.
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While derision and mockery permeate airwaves and social media feeds, satire holds the key to creating a more informed, engaged electorate.
Egyptian workers push Coca-Cola branded refrigerators, provided free to grocers, through a Cairo street.
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Coca-Cola has made ambitions climate and sustainability pledges, but marketing its products worldwide will always be a top priority.
The xenomorph from Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic, Alien.
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A new book explores the enormous Alien franchise spawned by the 1979 film.
An illustration by Beatrix Potter from The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies.
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Beatrix Potter’s silence concerning her sources means the Brer Rabbit folktales that helped create her stories are passed over without acknowledgement or celebration.
A bumblebee lands on the flowers of a white sloe bush.
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Scientists are learning amazing things about bees’ sensory perception and mental capabilities.
Mem Fox
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Book bans in Ron DeSantis’s Florida have censored beloved Australian author Mem Fox – for an illustrated character’s bath. But blanket nudity bans teach children bodies are ‘inherently sexual’.
Marijane Meaker (left) and Patricia Highsmith (right).
Marijane Meaker was a lesbian pulp fiction trailblazer who wrote bestselling YA fiction as M.E. Kerr. She was also Patricia Highsmith’s lover.
Befriending other Black queer students can build a sense of safety and connection.
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The new book “Black and Queer on Campus” explores the range of experiences that Black LGBTQ students face at colleges across the US.
Reading becomes faster when you don’t have to say each word out loud.
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Called your ‘inner voice,’ it develops along with your reading skills.
A protest led by the Black Student Union at the University of Washington at Seattle, 1968.
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Washington isn’t a state that typically comes to mind in discussions about student-led protests from the Civil Rights Movement. A Black history professor seeks to change that with a new book.