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Alice Jones’s most recent books are Gorgeous Mourning and Plunge, a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. Her awards include ones from the Poetry Society of America, the First Annual Poetry Prize from Narrative Magazine, and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and the NEA. She is a co-editor of Apogee Press.
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In his new book, philosopher William MacAskill implies that humanity’s long-term survival matters more than preventing short-term suffering and death. His arguments are shaky.
In her new book, Danish poet Olga Ravn writes with open love, pity, and compassion for her strange yet familiar creations.
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