Over the moon about Rivka Galchen's piece in The New Yorker featuring THE CACTUS HUNTERS by @jaredmargulies.bsky.socialwww.newyorker.com/science/elem...
As the craze for succulents continues, sometimes the smuggler and the conservationist are the same person.
Thrilled at the news that Matt Cohen's The Silence of the Miskito Prince has received the @modernlanguage.bsky.socialwww.mla.org/Resources/Ca...
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again, the first English translations of the original Godzilla novellas by Shigeru Kayama, translated by Jeffrey Angles, officially release today. ❤️🔥
Nice nod to Elissa Auther's STRING, FELT, THREAD in NYT Mag's fiber arts piece: www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/t...
Long caught in the liminal space between craft and something more prestigious, works of thread and fabric are reaching newfound institutional recognition.
We are currently seeking candidates for two openings: Production Editor and Publicity Associate. Please pass this info along! www.upress.umn.edu/information/...
Hip-Hop at 50: Kirkus includes Nate Patrin's Bring That Beat Back in its '6 essential books about the music' roundup: "thoroughly engaging from first needle drop to last.” https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/hip-hop-at-50-6-essential-books-about-the-music/
Here are some favorite books on the musical genre now celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Excellent new podcast episode on the long history of imagining endurance against climate catastrophe—and how the story of the ark can frame how we think about conservation and exclusion. Jeffrey J. Cohen and Julian Yates with @stevenswarbrick.bsky.socialhttps://share.transistor.fm/s/3ff0b972
"The majority of these calls go badly because emergency responders are not trained, equipped, or disposed to understand what they are actually encountering." https://www.newsweek.com/george-floyd-first-aid-police-learned-nothing-1815973
Every one of us at the scene carries the tragic horror with us.