Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker

Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker

The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts, by Gregg Hecimovich (Ecco). In 2002, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., published an annotated edition of “The Bondswoman’s Narrative,” a novel thought to be the first... Read more »
Isabel Wilder, Winner of the 2023 NIMH Three-Minute Talks Competition

Isabel Wilder, Winner of the 2023 NIMH Three-Minute Talks Competition

Transcript Hello everyone. My name is Destiny Wright.  Working memory can be thought of as the brain’s sticky notes allowing us to briefly hold and manipulate information. We use it to plan... Read more »
Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay audiobook review – salutations to the dawn | Audiobooks

Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay audiobook review – salutations to the dawn | Audiobooks

Let the Light Pour In is “an experiment in hope”. For 10 years, the My Name Is Why author had been rising at dawn each day, writing a poem and posting it... Read more »
Palestinian Authority minister to publish diary of life during Israel-Gaza war | Books

Palestinian Authority minister to publish diary of life during Israel-Gaza war | Books

A day-by-day account of life in Gaza since the 7 October attacks, written by Palestinian Authority minister of culture Atef Abu Saif, will be published next month. Comma Press will release the... Read more »
Daily Cartoon: Monday, January 1st

Daily Cartoon: Monday, January 1st

“There I go again—it’s 2024 and I’m still writing checks.” Source link Read more »
Milton Friedman, the Prizefighter | The New Yorker

Milton Friedman, the Prizefighter | The New Yorker

In 2002, three months after Milton Friedman turned ninety, a celebratory conference was convened at the school that had become synonymous with his ideas. Ben Bernanke, then a member of the Federal... Read more »
Reddit “Ask Me Anything” with NIMH Director, Dr. Joshua A. Gordon and Deputy Director, Dr. Shelli Avenevoli

Reddit “Ask Me Anything” with NIMH Director, Dr. Joshua A. Gordon and Deputy Director, Dr. Shelli Avenevoli

75th Anniversary Overview In celebration of the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH) 75th Anniversary, NIMH Director Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D. , and Deputy Director Shelli Avenevoli, Ph.D. participated in a Reddit “Ask Me Anything”... Read more »
Let the Light Pour In by Lemn Sissay audiobook review – salutations to the dawn | Audiobooks

The U.S. Has Never Forgiven Haiti

Frederick Douglass dreamed about Haiti. He longed to stand on Haitian soil—the only place in the Americas where enslaved Africans had fully eradicated slavery, ousted European colonialism, and established an independent nation.... Read more »
Isabel Wilder, Winner of the 2023 NIMH Three-Minute Talks Competition

Israelis and Palestinians by Jonathan Glover review – the psychology of conflict | Politics books

Jonathan Glover’s new book, on the seemingly intractable nature of the Israel-Palestine conflict, quotes George Orwell on the Spanish civil war: “Everybody believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in... Read more »
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