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‘Loving My Fat Life’: An Interview With Virgie Tovar
The body-positivity activist discusses her forthcoming book for teens—and her plans to revolutionize the idea of fat camp.
We’re Hiring a Contributing Editor for Books and Culture
Pacific Standard is looking for a part-time contract editor to help us expand and elevate the profile of our books and culture coverage.
‘This Is a Book I Wish I Had Growing Up’: Malaka Gharib on Living Between Cultures
Malaka Gharib discusses her debut graphic memoir and explains how she's navigated white-dominated spaces—as a teenager, and as an adult.
There’s a Crisis of Reading Among Generation Z
As young people read less and less, they may be short-circuiting their reading brains.
Can Poetry Move Readers to Take Climate Action?
A new anthology urges us to look at the Earth with renewed wonder—and then to take action in its defense.
‘Something Even Bigger Is at Stake’: How Humanity Can Solve Our Air Pollution Crisis
A new book chronicles the rise of extreme air pollution—and the fixes that are helping to clean up the atmosphere
Two New Accounts of How Corporations (and Conservatives) Have Thwarted Action on Climate Change
Nathaniel Rich recounts America's failure to act on global warming in the 1980s; Bill McKibben offers dire prophecies about climate—and artificial intelligence.
‘We Need to Keep Our Language Alive’: Inside a Uyghur Bookshop in Istanbul
Far from the reach of the Chinese government, Uyghur booksellers are protecting their language from being erased.
The Earth’s Oceans Are Drowning in Plastic
A new book documents the plastic pollution crisis, the affect of that pollution on wildlife and people, and initiatives that have been created to tackle the problem.