NYT National News Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Che: A Memoir
Fidel Castro
El restaurante Café Habana de Nueva York, que abrirá en el barrio de Brickell, causó enfado a la comunidad cubana en el condado de Miami-Dade después de que muchos descubrieron que fue inspirado por Fidel Castro y el Che Guevara. https://t.co/UdpLDojDZ4
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I Need a New Butt!
Dawn McMillan
Toby Price, an assistant principal at an elementary school in Mississippi, read “I Need a New Butt!” by Dawn McMillan — one of his children’s favorites — to a class of second graders over Zoom. He was fired two days later. https://t.co/zjI0WOdaK3
Paperback, 2014
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Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary
Justin Green
Justin Green, the underground cartoonist who channeled his Catholic guilt and childhood neuroses into the raw, intimate and very influential confessional epic “Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary,” has died at 76. https://t.co/h1oHqaahtD
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White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
Koa Beck
“Without any structural changes, you are leaning on low-income women of color to support this lean-in fantasy,” said Koa Beck, the author of “White Feminism.” https://t.co/VSrBAkBqTQ
Paperback, 2021
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President Donald Trump: A Patriot's Coloring Book
M. G. Anthony
At the center of a dispute over events during the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 is the credibility of Anthony M. Ornato, a Secret Service agent who became a deputy White House chief of staff of operations under former President Donald Trump. https://t.co/5gHSKOoFdH
Paperback, 2017
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Faces
David Alex Jones
Infowars filed for bankruptcy protection while Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits from the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. https://t.co/Y1GElM0nAO
Paperback, 2015
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Masters Tournament
Jesse Russell
Scottie Scheffler, a 25-year-old rising star on the PGA Tour, won the Masters Tournament on Sunday by three strokes, claiming his first major championship with a steady, poised final round. https://nyti.ms/3NZ9ZTx
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The Days of Creation: A History of Christian Interpretation of Genesis 1:1 - 2:3
Andrew J. Brown
A North Carolina sheriff’s office said a $3 million settlement agreement had been reached with the family of Andrew Brown Jr., an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot last year by deputies executing search and arrest warrants. https://t.co/8M1aSHQniw
Paperback, 2012
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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner
Toni Morrison
In today's Education Briefing, a look at how Glenn Youngkin leveraged fights over school policy, fears about Toni Morrison's "Beloved" and promises of "parents' rights" to win the Virginia governor's race. https://t.co/V55deeGfrY
Paperback, 2004
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South!: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917
Ernest Shackleton C. V. O.
On March 5, 1922, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton was buried on the island of South Georgia, in the frigid far southern reaches of the Atlantic. The ship was found on March 5, 2022 — exactly 100 years after Shackleton was laid to rest. https://t.co/O4rxRaiLtr
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