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“I knew that climate change was with us in the present tense... I thought, ‘I’m going to go try to find those stories.’” In our April-May cover story, read about English professor Elizabeth Rush’s new book "Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore." https://t.co/d7RWmXWfRh https://t.co/ihPNhbA0wr

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How do we make sure artificial intelligence really understands what we want? "The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values" by Brian Christian ‘06 gives readers a compelling mix of history and reporting on exactly that. Read our Fresh Ink recs https://t.co/dapjk1b2bN https://t.co/CPfiR8tB3v

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In 2010, giving birth to twins left Sarah Ruhl '97 '01 MFA with a half-frozen face, diagnosed as Bell’s palsy. She describes the process of writing her memoir, "Smile: The story of a Face," as "cathartic" and "like peeling the layers of an onion.” More: https://t.co/5781nr254O

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"Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter?", a new book for kids by @Shani_kings ’95 celebrates Black innovators in all endeavors. He says “I wrote this for my children and for all children who need an inspirational voice grounded in their own history" https://t.co/qrx59CkBfN

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In "Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of Our World," climate organizer Daniel Sherrell ’13.5 contemplates life decisions in the face of climate change. The text combines memoir, epistolary missives to an imagined child, and accounts of climate activism. https://t.co/kULYXVihEB

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Check out “Less is Lost” by Andrew Sean Greer ’92—the sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic novel, “Less”—released today, September 20! https://t.co/9U9CiZ7O01

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Check out this month’s Fresh Ink book recommendations, all by Brown alumni, including Antonia Angress’s ’13 novel Sirens & Muses, Ryan Lee Wong’s ’10 Which Side Are You On, and @harrissolomon’s ’07 AM, ’11 PhD volume Lifelines: The Traffic of Trauma. https://t.co/7HRxIn9VhF

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Check out this month’s Fresh Ink book recommendations, all by Brown alumni, including Antonia Angress’s ’13 novel Sirens & Muses, Ryan Lee Wong’s ’10 Which Side Are You On, and @harrissolomon’s ’07 AM, ’11 PhD volume Lifelines: The Traffic of Trauma. https://t.co/7HRxIn9VhF

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Maya Sonenberg ’84 AM, winner of the Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction, has released her third collection of stories, Bad Mothers, Bad Daughters. The title of these stories plays off the trope of wicked stepmothers and overly proud older daughters. https://t.co/Xp8s4iPIEU

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Burmese-American author @thiriimkm ’11 recently presented her work as part of Brown University’s virtual Writers on Writing series. Her most recent novel, Names for Light: A Family History, won the 2018 Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. Watch her talk here: https://t.co/PpA2sbhyZG

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