Marytza Rubio’s home is stocked with books. About 300 titles travel back and forth between her bookshelves and the post office. An estimated 750 are stored inside weatherproof bins in the garage. The inventory is a part of Makara Center for the Arts’ book collection, which has continued to circulate […]
Read Time : 6 Minutes
Top 10 Business Finance Books
Our government teaching programs are ranked extremely by the world’s most influential business publications. “This program represented a serious change in the method in which I understand business financials’ and makes me ask better questions relating to business options.” All Stern Fund gifts will assist our COVID-19 response for Stern’s […]
Read Time : 12 Minutes
a virtual tour through film, music, books, food and art
Photograph: Starcevic/Getty Images At a community dinner in Santa María la Ribera – one of Mexico City’s first suburbs, built in the late 1800s just west of the old centre – I met a European contortionist. He was in his 70s and used a wheelchair. Circus work had first brought […]
Read Time : 2 Minutes
Tapestry books ‘Good Bones’ host | Local
A Fort Wayne scholarship program has snagged a home renovation television star from Indianapolis for this year’s Tapestry fundraiser. Mina Starsiak Hawk, host of “Good Bones” on HGTV, will be the keynote speaker at the 20th annual event Sept. 17. Tapestry has raised more than $1 million and awarded 112 […]
Read Time : 10 Minutes
Nontraditional Ways to Display Books in Your Home
Refinery29 11 Fiction Books About Black Joy You Need To Read Now The last year has been particularly taxing for Black folk. Not only have we been dealing with coronavirus disproportionately impacting our community, we’ve also been reliving racial trauma following the death of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives […]
Read Time : 12 Minutes
The Best Books Of 2020
Writing a list of the best books of the year is always a bit of a fool’s errand; for a single person to read all of the contenders, with due care, is nearly impossible, and then there are the confounding factors of taste and bias and simply having an off […]
Read Time : 14 Minutes
The best books of 2020, according to Slate’s book critic.
Photo illustration by Slate Slate has relationships with various online retailers. If you buy something through our links, Slate may earn an affiliate commission. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change. All prices were up to date at the […]
Read Time : 8 Minutes
Hitting the Books: How social media keeps us clicking
Your Brain on Social Media So our brains are wired to process social signals. What then happens to our brains on social media? Neuroscientists at UCLA wanted to know, so they created an Instagram-style app to study how the brain reacts when we scroll through photos in our Instagram feed. […]