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The Risk Paradox

by Matt Benzing

"The Risk Paradox" is a valuable psychological exploration in which the experiences of a hundred adventurous risk-takers are mined for lessons in decision-making. Alan Ying and Doug Schneider’s "The Risk Paradox" explores the... Read More

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Mamacita

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Immigrant Andrea Pons’s vibrant cookbook "Mamacita" gathers the dishes that helped her to maintain a strong sense of culture while she was away from her first home. Noting that Mexican life “revolves around the next meal,” Pons’s... Read More

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Saturnalia

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Stephanie Feldman’s novel "Saturnalia" is a twisted, ethereal dispatch from a climate change point of no return. Nina was born in a row house in Philadelphia, in a time of submerged coastal cities and tornadoes tearing through towns.... Read More

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Tear

by Michelle Anne Schingler

Erica McKeen’s "Tear" is a hair-raising horror novel in which patriarchal dismissals of capable women fester across generations. During the long winter of her senior year of college, in the lone basement room of a nondescript rental... Read More

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