Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration
Today’s book is: Reunited: Family Separation and Central American Youth Migration (Russell Sage Foundation, 2024), by Dr. Ernesto Castañeda and Daniel Jenks, which explains the reasons for Central Ame...
17 Okt 20241h 4min
Subatomic Writing: Six Fundamental Lessons to Make Language Matter
Subatomic Writing: Six Fundamental Lessons to Make Language Matter (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023), by Johns Hopkins University instructor Jamie Zvirzdin, is a guide for writing about science—from the subato...
10 Okt 202458min
Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action
Today’s book is: Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action (University of Rochester Press, 2024) by Dr. Donna J. Nicol, which exa...
3 Okt 202457min
Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World
Why do we assume that computers always get it right? Today’s book is: Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World (MIT Press, 2019), in which Professor Meredith Broussard argues t...
26 Sep 202448min
Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions
Today’s book is: Immigration Realities: Challenging Common Misperceptions (Columbia UP, 2024), by Ernesto Castaneda and Carina Cione, which is a practical, evidence-based primer on immigrants and immi...
19 Sep 20241h 6min
Before and After the Book Deal
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about publishing but were too afraid to ask. Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book (...
12 Sep 20241h
In the Garden Behind the Moon: A Memoir of Loss, Myth, and Magic
Alexandra Chan thinks she has life figured out until, in the Year of the Ram, the death of her father—her last parent—brings her to her knees, an event seemingly foretold in Chinese mythology. Today’s...
5 Sep 20241h 1min
You Will Get Through This: A Mental Health First-Aid Kit- Help for Depression, Anxiety, Grief, and More
You Will Get Through This: A Mental Health First-Aid Kit- Help for Depression, Anxiety, Grief, and More (Experiment, 2024) was written by three practicing therapists to serve as a tool kit. Drawing on...
29 Aug 202459min
