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06/11/2018

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04/11/2018

Matthew Desmond brought to light the U.S.'s eviction epidemic with EVICTED—now he's created a database tracking millions of evictions, revealing the national scale of this continuing problem.

A Princeton sociologist chronicled the human toll of eviction in one city in a 2016 book. A new project may reveal just how widespread the problem is.

04/09/2018

On April 11, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund welcomes educators, students, and activists to MARCH: The Power of Student Voices, a panel discussion at the Society of Illustrators in Manhattan! Please join them at this engaging panel and discussion in concert with the March: A Civil Rights Masterpiece exhibition.

Today's students are raising their voices to achieve social change, embracing the power and promise of the First Amendment. Congressman John Lewis's National Book Award Winning graphic novel memoir MARCH, brought to life through the master draftsmanship of cartoonist Nate Powell with writer Andrew A...

04/03/2018

Kate Germano, author of FIGHT LIKE A GIRL, writes for The New York Times about her struggle for gender equality in the U.S. Marines.

I learned at Parris Island that the Marine Corps has lower expectations of its female recruits.

03/29/2018

Lauren Markham's THE FAR AWAY BROTHERS is a finalist for the 2018 California Book Awards!

CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARDS The annual California Book Awards, which began in 1931, recognize the state’s best writers and illuminate the wealth and diversity of literature written in California. Monetary prizes are given in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, juvenile literature, young adul...

03/28/2018

We are excited to share that CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS has now also been shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and Rathbones Folio Prize!

Congratulations to Sally Rooney, whose novel CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize and shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award!