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Dec 4, 2024 | 
dailynews.com | Carol Mithers
Carol Mithers, author of “Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets,” at her home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) UPDATED: December 4, 2024 at 2:18 PM PSTWhen poverty and pet ownership intersect, what's the most humane thing to do? Subscribe to continue reading this article. Already subscribed? To login in, click here.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
ocregister.com | Carol Mithers
Views on garden insects are changing. Why many former ‘pests’ are now valued
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
pasadenastarnews.com | Carol Mithers
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
lithub.com | Carol Mithers
January 2023Southeast Los AngelesArticle continues after advertisementThe puppy had gotten into the meth. She held herself very still, eyes slits, a sliver of pink tongue protruding. Now and then, she squeaked. It was hard to tell if she was stoned or dying. Distraught, Reena reached through the open trailer window and dropped her into Lori Weise’s arms. Two months before, her young Doberman mix, Luna, had given birth to six puppies, and now half were dead.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
bluewillowbookshop.com | Bee Johnson |Ransom Riggs |Carol Mithers |Amanda Jones
The end of August is upon us, school has started, and here at the shop we're turning our attention to a busy fall calendar of author events and big book releases. In the meantime, there are still lots and lots of great new releases to share with you. Today, we're shining a spotlight on twelve of the best recent titles across all ages and many genres.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
kuow.org | Carol Mithers
The cove of "Rethinking Rescue" beside author Carol Mithers. (Courtesy) Host Peter O’Dowd speaks with author Carol Mithers about her new book, “Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America’s Forgotten People and Pets”Mithers profiles Lori Weise, whose organization Downtown Dog Rescue helps low-income and unhoused people keep their animals rather than giving them up due to lack of resources.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
msn.com | Carol Mithers
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
latimes.com | Carol Mithers
In the typical animal rescue story, “before” images might show a sweet pup with matted fur and haunted eyes abandoned in a bleak part of town; the “after” has it joyfully romping in a sleek suburban home, given a new life by a righteous savior. This almost religious parable of redemption has been the standard since the early days of the no-kill/rescue movement. Humane organizations love its emotional appeal, which prompts involvement and brings in donations.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Alexis Gumbs |Rosie Schaap |Carol Mithers |Brody Mullins
Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35 (528p) ISBN 978-0-374-60327-4This scintillating tour de force from poet Gumbs (Undrowned) traces the life of feminist poet Audre Lorde (1934–1992) in a free-ranging style as distinctive as its subject.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Rosie Schaap |Carol Mithers |Brody Mullins |Luke Mullins
Edward Wong. Viking, $30 (464p) ISBN 978-1-9848-7740-6The upheavals that drove China’s diaspora are revisited in this resonant and moving debut. New York Times journalist Wong recaps his father Yook Kearn’s experiences of China’s 20th-century tumults, beginning with the 1942 Japanese invasion that forced him from Hong Kong to his family’s ancestral village of Hap Wo in Guangdong province, where he weathered the war.
