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Temperature Checks: Environment & Climate Change Books 2021
Less shopping, more sustainable action: authors urge the public to step up.
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Money Isn’t Always Green: Environment & Climate Change Books 2021
Forthcoming books examine the tension between environmental preservation and monetary gain.
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Vital Signs: Environment & Climate Change Books 2021
New books examine the effects of climate change and offer ideas for how to heal the planet.
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Weathering the Times: Poetry 2021
New and recent books offer solace and perspective during these uncertain months.
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Writing Through the Dark: Poetry 2021
PW looks at the purpose, pleasure, and practice of poetry in a pandemic.
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Spring 2021 Announcements: Audio
Helped by big gains in downloadable audio sales, overall sales of audiobooks posted eight consecutive years of double-digit increases through 2019.
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New and Forthcoming Titles on Women, Girls and Empowerment
PW has compiled a list of books focused on women and girls' empowerment and titles related to the achievements of, and equal rights for, women, young women and girls.
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Depts. of Speculation: Books for Short Attention Spans 2021
Fantastical novellas and collections of short fiction can offer readers a brief respite from reality.
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In Good Company: Books for Short Attention Spans 2021
Personal essays offer a much needed sense of connection, and closure.
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Quick Studies: Books for Short Attention Spans 2021
On the syllabus for distracted lifelong learners: takes on food, feminism, philosophy, and more.
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Not Your Mama’s Cliff’s Notes: Books for Short Attention Spans 2021
University presses offer quick, immersive takes on various collegiate subjects intended to engage as well as educate.
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Brief Encounters: Books for Short Attention Spans 2021
Pandemic-era publishers are packing big insights into bite-size reads.
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Spring 2021 Announcements: Religion & Spirituality
This season, religious publishers turn to the ways spirituality can uplift those suffering from depression or anxiety. They also continue to confront systemic issues at the heart of abuse scandals and propose grassroots strategies to overcome social inequalities.
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Mom’s the Word: New Parenting Books 2021
These books send out a lifeline to women caregivers.
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Happy Parents’ Day: New Parenting Books 2021
New books reflect the evolving definition of “modern family.”
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Adult Books for Spring 2021
Our editors highlighted a mix of books, from surefire bestsellers to clever dark horse picks. We looked at titles publishing between February and August and broke the season’s offerings into 15 categories.
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Spring 2021 Announcements: Memoirs & Biographies
Winston Churchill gets a rather personal look this season, as does Tupac Shakur. Also, watch out for memoirs from two Emmy-winning actors and a journalist, plus a new biography of D.H. Lawrence.
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Spring 2021 Announcements: Literary Fiction
Two featured novels are set just after the 2016 election, while a few others look back on the material excess of the 1980s, suggesting that the decade of Trump’s invention is much on writers’ minds.
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Spring 2021 Announcements: History
Civil rights crusaders, feminist rule breakers, undercover resistance fighters, swashbuckling explorers, and relentless justice seekers headline a season jam-packed with revolutionary moments in American history.
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Spring 2021 Announcements: Essays & Literary Criticism
This season’s offerings feature career-spanning works and collections by up-and-coming essayists. Several also use classic literature as a means to examine personal experiences.