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Napoleonic Conspiracy Theories, Unsociable Shabbiness, and More Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade

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Allegra Hyde on Addressing the Steps to Solve Climate Change in Her New Novel

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Cherríe Moraga on Writing About Queer Motherhood

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How the Multi-Trillion Dollar Industrial Meat Complex is Bad For Our Species and Our Planet

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The Most Disturbing of All Human Sins? How We Live With Other Creatures

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Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile

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