{"id":2984,"date":"2024-03-04T17:09:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2024-03-04T17:09:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:09:18","slug":"goodnews-march-24-good-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2024\/03\/04\/goodnews-march-24-good-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"goodnews march 24 \u2013 good to read"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amitav Ghosh
\nSmoke and Ashes. Opium’s Hidden Histories<\/strong>
\nSmoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, memoir and a history, drawing on decades of archival research. In it, Ghosh traces the transformative effect the opium trade had on Britain, India, and China, as well as the world at large. \u00a0Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that the author\u2019s own identity and family history was swept up in the story.
\nJohn Murray Publishing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Adam Schatz
\nThe Rebel\u2019s Clinic. The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon<\/strong>
\nIn the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon’s shadow looms larger than ever. He was the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era, and his writings about race, revolution, and the psychology of power continue to shape radical movements across the world. In The Rebel’s Clinic, Shatz offers a dramatic reconstruction of Fanon’s extraordinary life-and a guide to the books that underlie today’s most vital efforts to challenge white supremacy and racial capitalism.
\nFarrar Srauss and Giroux<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Johann Egl\u00f6ff
\nThe Darkness Manifesto. On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms That Sustain Life<\/strong>
\nAs a devoted friend of the night, Ekl\u00f6f reveals the startling domino effect of diminishing darkness: insects, dumbfounded by streetlamps, failing to reproduce; birds blinded and bewildered by artificial lights; and bats starving as they wait in vain for insects that only come out in the dark. For humans, light-induced sleep disturbances impact our hormones and weight, and can contribute to mental health problems like chronic stress and depression. The light bulb \u2014long the symbol of progress and development\u2014 needs to be turned off.
\nScribner Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Brad Gooch
\nRadiant. The Life and Line of Keith Haring<\/strong>
\nPart of an iconic cultural crowd that included Andy Warhol, Madonna, and Basquiat, Haring broke down the barriers between high art and popular culture, creating work that was accessible for all and using it as a means to provoke and inspire radical social change. Haring died of AIDS in 1990. To this day, his influence on our culture remains incontrovertible, and his glamorous, tragically short life has a unique aura of mystery and power.
\nHarper Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Percival Everett<\/strong>
\nJames<\/strong>
\nWhen the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father, recently returned to town. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and too-often-unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond. Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating wit, James<\/em> retells the story of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer from Jim\u2019s perspective.
\nRandom House<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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