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Book briefs: 'Pippi' author's WWII diaries published for the first time

Astrid Lindgren, famous for creating Pippi Longstocking, filled seventeen notebooks with her observations about everyday life during World War II.

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'Nimona' makes a girl in sensible armor the star

'Nimona' makes a girl in sensible armor the star

Comics artist Noelle Stevenson's webcomic Nimona, about a young shapeshifter with a streak of villainy, has just been released as a book.

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Alice Goffman on how U.S. sets up poor, black kids for life in criminal system

Alice Goffman on how U.S. sets up poor, black kids for life in criminal system

The sociologist argues that a constant surveillance of young, black men by police impinges on the men's civil rights and changes the character of entire American neighborhoods.

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Inauguration poet mixes grief, love in her new memoir

Inauguration poet mixes grief, love in her new memoir

Elizabeth Alexander, who read at President Obama's 2009 inauguration, mixes soaring language with stunning grief in her new memoir about her husband's unexpected death.
by Tracy Mumford

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Literary mysteries: Books that have been permanently lost

Literary mysteries: Books that have been permanently lost

Manuscripts from Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Plath, Thomas Hardy and more have all been lost to time -- or to a train station thief.
by Tracy Mumford

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If science could 'Clone a Mammoth,' could it save an elephant?

If science could 'Clone a Mammoth,' could it save an elephant?

De-extinction technology could soon bring back lost species -- or preserve endangered ones. In her new book, evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro explores the scientific and ethical challenges.

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Nightmare mothers from literature

Nightmare mothers from literature

Behold a bevy of literary ladies who won't be getting any brunch this Mother's Day.
by Tracy Mumford

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