All About Books

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  • A weekly book review and discussion program hosted by Pat Leach. Updated on Thursdays.
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  • “The Exceptions" by Kate Zernike

    “The Exceptions" by Kate Zernike
    Nov 20 2024
    Nancy Hopkins began her career in science in the 1960s. By 1999, she and other female scientists at MIT gave detailed evidence of the college’s flagrant favoritism and discrimination. Their speaking out led to a historic admission by MIT and resulting changes. Their story is in the book “The Exceptions: Sixteen Brilliant Women at MIT and the Fight for Equality in Science” by Kate Zernike
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    9 mins
  • “Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems” by John Stevens Berry

    “Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems” by John Stevens Berry
    Nov 13 2024
    John Stevens Berry is probably best known as a lawyer with a Lincoln practice since 1965. But he’s also a Vietnam veteran and poet. This week Pat Leach talked with Berry about his book, “Foot Soldier: New and Selected Poems”
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    13 mins
  • "The Talk" a graphic novel by Darrin Bell

    "The Talk" a graphic novel by Darrin Bell
    Nov 6 2024
    Editorial cartoonist Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother had “the “talk” with him. For Darrin, who is mixed-race, the talk was about the reason he couldn’t have a realistic-looking water gun was for his own safety. Bell’s graphic novel, “The Talk” uses sharp humor to examine this talk that shaped his understanding going forward.
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    7 mins

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