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British journalist John Lanchester’s recent novel “The Wall” paints a very chilly picture of climate catastrophe. It begins in the future, when rising sea levels and an immigration crisis pit children against parents. https://t.co/LwpdxgQV24

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Susan Cain is the author of "Bittersweet." She says the experience of sadness can help us feel whole. Cain said "bittersweet" is one of those words we use, but don't know what it means. https://t.co/8Ln40SyKmE

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David Maraniss is Jim Thorpe's biographer and asked a simple question, "Is the life of Jim Thorpe a tragedy?" He answers, "I decided that there were tragic elements to it, but that it was that it was a story of perseverance." https://t.co/ZNGyZ62JPS

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"Everything about his connection to Vermont is odd and wild, and that's when I started getting obsessed with Rudyard Kipling," says Christopher Benfey. "The idea that this man wrote The Jungle Book right here is just too strange to believe." https://t.co/G7R0T6uljy

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Richard Powers’ “The Overstory” has overturned a lot of conventional thinking. Though human characters shape the plot of this 500-page epic, the real heroes are trees. https://t.co/xq78W6Iu3b

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George Orwell was the great writer on tyranny and authoritarianism. But as Rebecca Solnit shows in her book "Orwell’s Roses," he was also a gardener who loved flowers and trees. Beauty and the natural world sustained him through difficult times. https://t.co/02Kzth7bFt

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In her memoir "God Save the Queen Diva!", Big Freedia tells the story of growing up gay and gender non-conforming in one of the toughest neighborhoods in New Orleans and finding acceptance and self-expression in Bounce – the music and the movement. https://t.co/JyFzLxoT96 https://t.co/mAzadSM3Tj

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"White Fang" by Jack London is a classic outdoor adventure story about a wild wolf-dog's struggle to survive in the Yukon Territory during the Gold Rush. Writer Quan Barry read it for the first time at age 11 and learned just how powerful a book can be. https://t.co/JnMaDGZvZ7

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Photographer Rachel Sussman has documented 30 of the oldest living things in the world. Beautiful and romantic, her photos document both the adaptation and fragility inherent to surviving for tens of thousands of years. https://t.co/5FXpwbhZDi

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"White Fang" by Jack London is a classic outdoor adventure story about a wild wolf-dog's struggle to survive in the Yukon Territory during the Gold Rush. Writer Quan Barry read it for the first time at age 11 and learned just how powerful a book can be. https://www.ttbook.org/interview/quan-barry-white-fang