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Nov 10, 2024 | washingtonblade.com | Nico Lang |Abrams Press

‘American Teenager’By Nico Langc.2024, Abrams Press$30/288 pagesIn great-grandma’s day, they hooked. They were high-topped and dainty, too, to show off a tiny, cheeky-but-demure ankle beneath long skirts. These days, though, they Velcro, tie, strap, or you just slip your toes into whatever you put on your feet. You gotta wear your shoes but, as in the new book “American Teenager” by Nico Lang, you wish someone would walk a mile in them first. Seven-hundred-plus.

Oct 17, 2024 | coveringclimatenow.org | Nemonte Nenquimo |Mitch Anderson |Abrams Press

Climate change often manifests as violence, and violence often amplifies climate change. Recent weeks have illustrated both sides of this grim coin. Amped by super-hot sea water, Hurricanes Helene and Milton inflicted death and destruction across the southeastern US. On the other side of the world, the massive amounts of oil burned by tanks, planes, and other equipment in wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and central Africa released yet more heat-trapping pollution.

Jun 27, 2023 | nytimes.com | Anya Yurchyshyn |Victoria Belim |Abrams Press

Book Review|When Going Home Becomes a Fact-Finding Missionhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/books/review/the-rooster-house-victoria-belim.htmlnonfictionIn her new memoir, the Ukrainian-born journalist Victoria Belim returns to her homeland to find the missing pieces in the puzzle of her family’s history. The author’s trip to Ukraine to visit her grandmother, Valentina, grew into far more.

Feb 8, 2023 | marconews.com | Torrey Maldonado |Nancy Paulsen Books |Francesca T. Royster |Abrams Press

"Hands" By Torrey Maldonado c. 2023, Nancy Paulsen Books $16.99, 138 pages Hey, pick that up, would you? You don't want to leave a mess; that's just rude and disrespectful. Get your hands dirty, clean up after yourself, pick up your things and put them away. Those are lessons you learned almost as soon as you could walk. Put your things up, pick up your fists, and in the new book "Hands" by Torrey Maldonado, make an impact. At 12 years old, Trev carries a lot on his shoulders.