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Books: The New York Times Book Review – Jan 8, 2023

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The New York Times Book Review (January 8, 2023):

When Freedom Meant the Freedom to Oppress Others

Jefferson Cowie’s powerful and sobering new history, “Freedom’s Dominion,” traces the close association between the rhetoric of liberty in an Alabama county and the politics of white supremacy.

Two Days of Terror in Washington, D.C.

“American Caliph,” by Shahan Mufti, recounts the complex story of a largely forgotten episode from 1977, when an armed Muslim group held dozens of people hostage.

The Power of a Good Narrative, in Your Ear or Otherwise

From Bloomsbury to the Billboard Hot 100, these audiobooks will hook you based on story alone.

Financial Review: Barron’s Magazine – January 9, 2023

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Barron’s Magazine – January 9, 2023 Issue:

Tech’s Bill Is Coming Due. Investors Aren’t the Only Ones Who Will Pay.

Tech’s Bill Is Coming Due. Investors Aren’t the Only Ones Who Will Pay.

Tech companies went on a spending binge to satisfy new pandemic demand. Then came the reopening and the rate hikes. Now, investors, consumers, and employees are on the hook for the bill.

If You Want Growth, Stick With Quality

A punishing macro climate is making it tougher to find winners. But shares of quality companies may still be rewarded. Here’s what to look for.

Bonds Are Back. Here Are Some Funds to Buy Now.

After a tough 2022, this could be the year that fixed income is a better bet than stocks. Here’s what some of the experts recommend buying now.

Tesla’s Battered Stock Looks Like a Buy Again

The electric-vehicle leader has been hammered by China lockdowns, a possible recession, and CEO Musk’s antics at Twitter. But the company has real strengths and cheap shares.

Previews: Photograph Magazine – Jan/Feb 2023

Cover: ©Uta Barth, Thinking about…“In the Light and Shadow of Morandi” (detail), 2018. Courtesy Getty Museum

Photograph Magazine – January-February 2023:

A Career-Spanning Survey of Uta Barth’s Rigorous, Seductive Photographs

The German-born photographer’s precise work, on view at the Getty Center, explores what it’s like to see and perceive our surroundings.

Mary Ellen Bartley

The photographs in Mary Ellen Bartley’s series Morandi’s Books – meditative still life compositions in muted colors transformed by collage elements – are gently disorienting despite their formal precision. 

Cover of Twenty-five Years Ago, by Joan Lyons (Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1998)

Research Preview: Science Magazine – January 6, 2023

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Science Magazine – January 6, 2023 Issue:

China is flying blind as the pandemic rages

Official death tolls are impossibly low, and some worry new variants may escape detection

Did ancient tentacled microbes kick-start complex life?

New studies suggest early Asgards evolved into eukaryotes

Once banned, spending earmarks see resurgence

Lawmakers can’t resist steering cash to universities and research projects back home

Ancient points suggest Asian roots for early American tools

Finds may support coastal route hypothesis for first settlers

Virus hunters test new surveillance tools

Ropes, drones, insects, and dust cloths could make monitoring faster, safer, and cheaper

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – January 5, 2023

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nature Magazine – January 5, 2023 issue:

The science events to watch for in 2023

Moon landings, mRNA vaccines and climate finance are among the developments set to shape research in the coming year.

Are we in the Anthropocene? Geologists could define new epoch for Earth

Researchers have zeroed in on nine sites that could describe a new geological time, marked by pollution and other signs of human activity.

The ‘breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers

A class of drugs that quash hunger have shown striking results in trials and in practice. But can they help all people with obesity — and conquer weight stigma?

Research: New Scientist Magazine – January 7, 2023

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New Scientist Magazine – January 7, 2023 issue:

The 12 innovations we need to save humanity and the planet

Which inventions should we prioritize to safeguard the environment and human health and happiness? From better batteries and photovoltaic paint to a universal vaccine precursor

The crystal growers behind the graphene revolution

Takashi Taniguchi and Kenji Watanabe create high-quality crystals that offer the perfect substrate on which to tailor-make two-dimensional materials with amazing electronic properties. They tell New Scientist how they grow their world-renowned crystals

Mysterious symbols in cave paintings may be earliest form of writing

Stone Age people in Europe appear to have recorded the reproductive habits of animals with markings on cave paintings, hinting at the early origins of writing

Arts & Culture: Frieze Magazine – Jan/Feb 2023

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frieze Magazine – January / February 2023 issue:

In the January/February issue of friezeTerence Trouillot profiles artist Henry Taylor ahead of shows at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Plus, one year after Russia declared war on Ukraine, artists and writer respond to the crisis in a dossier, including: a personal essay by painter and writer Kateryna AliinykAdam Mazur profiles Taras Gembik, an artist and performer organising picnics to raise money for Ukraine in Warsaw, Poland; Nikita Kadan on what art can mean in a time of war; editor-in-chief Andrew Durbin interviews Olha Honchar, the director of Territory of Terror Museum, which documents war crimes, and the coordinator for the Museum Crisis Center, an organization helping Ukrainian museums rescue their holdings from occupied zones. 

Profile: Henry Taylor
“I became the observer because I was trying to understand my own life and that’s why I started making pictures. I just like looking at people.” Terence Trouillot considers how Henry Taylors oeuvre goes far beyond the canvas. 

Preview: France-Amérique Magazine – January 2023

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France-Amérique Magazine – January 2023 Issue:

Art Deco: Two Decades of Transatlantic Collaboration

If you think that French-American architectural ties boil down to swapping a few Statues of Liberty, then you should visit the Art Deco France-North America exhibition, in Paris until March 6 – or at least read our article on two decades of transatlantic collaboration, a friendship etched in stone. Also in this issue: Paris through the eyes of American thinker Susan Sontag; former prime minister Alain Juppé on the Conseil Constitutionnel – the French version of the Supreme Court; and director Alice Diop on her latest film, Saint Omer, which has been shortlisted to represent France at the Oscars!

Travel & Culture: Romeing Magazine – January 2023

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Romeing Magazine – January 2023 Digital Issue:

Romeing’s Best Of Bookshops Guide

Looking for a cozy place to curl up with a book and perhaps a cappuccino? We’ve tracked down the best places where you can be surrounded by books and delicious bites to eat. Whether you want to study, look pensive and poetic while writing a journal entry, or just grab breakfast while flipping through some literature, these are our favorite hideaways all over the city.

The Jewish Ghetto Of Rome

Discover the Jewish Ghetto turned hip central quarter where boutique stores and kosher restaurants sit alongside picturesque historic buildings belying an enticing and rich history of the Jews in Rome.