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Picture book author Mac Barnett (who often works with illustrator Jon Klassen) has been named the Library of Congress' new ...

Author Edwidge Danticat is defending "Mama's Nightingale" after a Darien dad challenged the book, saying it "negatively ...

In “How the World Eats,” the philosopher Julian Baggini grapples with “everything that affects and is affected by” our comestibles.

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