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Suzanne Simard, Jia Tolentino
June 22, 2021
Science/Nature
Daniel James Brown, Tom Ikeda
May 20, 2021
History/Bio
Sandra Cisneros, Manuel Muñoz, George Saunders, John Freeman
May 11, 2021
Fiction/Literature
Ian Manuel, Bryan Stevenson
May 5, 2021
Essay/Memoir
Jasmine E. Harris, Ruth Colker, Michele Bratcher Goodwin
March 1, 2021
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics
Rosa Brooks, Christy Lopez
February 18, 2021
Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, James Dale
February 9, 2021
Essay/Memoir, Social Sci/Politics
Paola Ramos, Fidel Martinez
February 3, 2021
Others, Social Sci/Politics
Amanda Gorman, Kris Bowers, Robin Coste Lewis, Safiya Sinclair, Kevin Young
January 28, 2021
Poetry
André Gregory, Wallace Shawn
December 6, 2020
Arts & Entertainment, Biography, Essay/Memoir
Lea Remba, Luis Remba, Shaye Remba, Jessica Strand
November 19, 2020
Arts & Entertainment
Claudia Rankine, Terrance Hayes, Dawn Lundy Martin
November 15, 2020
Essay/Memoir, Poetry, Social Sci/Politics
Debora Spar, Michele Bratcher Goodwin
October 14, 2020
Social Sci/Politics, Technology
Yamiche Alcindor, Sewell Chan, Brooke Gladstone, Hector Amaya
September 9, 2020
Current Events
D.J. Waldie, Carolina A. Miranda, David Kipen
August 20, 2020
California/The West, History/Bio
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, Achuta Kadambi
July 30, 2020
Science/Nature
Nicholas Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Willow Bay
February 26, 2020
Social Sci/Politics
Andrea Bernstein, Kristen Muller
January 30, 2020
Current Events, History/Bio, Social Sci/Politics