NPR News: Author Imbolo Mbue Explores The Politics Of Oil In ‘How Beautiful We Were’
Mbue’s novel was inspired in part by her own experiences growing up in Cameroon. Set in a fictional African village in the 1980s, it follows a group of villagers who take on an American oil company.
NPR News: 2 Novels Explore The Big Romantic Bargains We Strike In The Name Of Love
Early Morning Riser, by Katherine Heiny and Secrets of Happiness, by Joan Silber, ruminate on love and family — particularly the family that’s thrust upon you when you fall in love.
NPR News: Jhumpa Lahiri’s New ‘Whereabouts’ Is About Places Both Geographical And Emotional
Jhumpa Lahiri’s new novel — which she wrote in Italian, then translated back to English herself — centers on a middle-aged Italian woman trying to figure out her place in the world.
NPR News: Survival Is An Invitation To Push Through Hard Times In ‘White Magic’
Elissa Washuta’s White Magic is full of magic — and pain — as it deals with trauma while exploring cultural inheritance and the way attacks on Native women never stopped.
Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Anna du Pire as Granida
The artist portrayed his wife as the Persian Princess Granida and himself in the pendant painting as the shepherd Daiphilus (Daifilo). Those were the lovers in the popular pastoral play of the time, Granida (1605) by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft. The lady in the painting is…
Ashish Jha on the case for vaccine certificates to beat covid-19 | The …
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The magical realism of Tesla | The Economist
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The QE quandary—how should central bankers unwind quantitative …
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How TSMC has mastered the geopolitics of chipmaking | The …
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London’s business courts face growing competition | The Economist
4 days ago … Globalisation is both bringing more business to London, and creating new courts such as that in Nur-Sultan. That means jobs for British lawyers … (Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Researchers are closing in on long covid | The Economist
20 hours ago … But even the official definition of its symptoms is fluid, because knowledge of its details is still evolving. Britain’s National Institute for Health and … (Feed generated with FetchRSS) source https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/04/28/researchers-are-closing-in-on-long-covid
Venezuela’s despot touts a herbal quack cure for covid-19 | The …
20 hours ago … Morgues are now full, says Douglas Leon Natera, president of the Venezuelan Medical Federation. Health workers who give out detailed … (Feed generated with FetchRSS) source https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2021/04/28/venezuelas-despot-touts-a-herbal-quack-cure-for-covid-19
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