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The Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead
A Dia de Muertos skeleton
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The Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead

Luisa Navarro ’13JRN, author of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, explains the history and meaning behind a frequently misunderstood holiday

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The Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead
A Dia de Muertos skeleton

The Beginner’s Guide to Day of the Dead

Luisa Navarro ’13JRN, author of Mexico’s Day of the Dead, explains the history and meaning behind a frequently misunderstood holiday

The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism
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The Pacifist's Guide to Satanism

La Carmina, an award-winning blogger, journalist, and author, offers a spirited defense of the often-misunderstood religion

The Debate Over Animal Testing
photo-illustration of a dog with lab testing materials

The Debate Over Animal Testing

In Lab Dog, Melanie D.G. Kaplan ’02JRN delves into the history, ethics, and future of experimenting on animals

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The Debate Over Animal Testing
photo-illustration of a dog with lab testing materials
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The Debate Over Animal Testing

In Lab Dog, Melanie D.G. Kaplan ’02JRN delves into the history, ethics, and future of experimenting on animals

6 New Books for Fall 2025
6 New Books for Fall 2025
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6 New Books for Fall 2025

From Gary Shteyngart, Ed Park ’95SOA, and other Columbia authors

Exhibitionist
A painting by Peter Mendelsund
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Exhibitionist

By Peter Mendelsund ’91CC 

Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest
Cover of A Training School for Elephants by Sophy Roberts
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Greed, Exploitation, and Elephants: The Story of a Failed Congo Conquest

A Training School for Elephants, by travel writer Sophy Roberts ’97JRN, tells the little-known tale of a Belgian king and Irish fixer in Africa

The Dark and Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools
Cover of We Survived the Night by Julian Brave NoiseCat
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The Dark and Enduring Legacy of Residential Schools

In We Survived the Night, Julian Brave NoiseCat ’15CC takes a deeply personal look at the historic efforts to erase Native culture 

How Do You Write the Story of Mike Tyson?
Mike Tyson vs. Steve Zouski fight at the Nassau Coliseum
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How Do You Write the Story of Mike Tyson?

For Baddest Man: The Making of Mike Tyson, Mark Kriegel ’86JRN had to revisit his own past as a sportswriter

A Human History of Ancient Mesopotamia
Moudhy Al-Rashid
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A Human History of Ancient Mesopotamia

In Between Two Rivers, Oxford historian Moudhy Al-Rashid ’05CC finds relatable slices of life in five-thousand-year-old clay tablets

When Should I Listen to My Gut?
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When Should I Listen to My Gut?

In Everyday Intuition, Elizabeth Greenwood ’13SOA explores our inner voices and how we should use them

6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List
Reading List Summer 2025
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6 New Books for Your Summer Reading List

From A'Lelia Bundles ’76JRN, John McWhorter, and other Columbia authors

How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress
Why Nothing Works by Marc Dunkelman
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How Guardrails and Regulations Stifled American Progress

In Why Nothing Works, Marc J. Dunkelman ’01CC investigates the decline of public-sector innovation from the 1960s through today

Review: The Original Daughter
The Original Daughter by Jemimah Wei
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Review: The Original Daughter

By Jemimah Wei ’22SOA 

Review: The Antidote
The Antidote by Karen Russell
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Review: The Antidote

By Karen Russell ’06SOA

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