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South African artist Barbara Wildenboer transforms old reference books into delicate sculptures that evoke their sources’ subject matter. 

Page One offers the first lines of a dozen new and noteworthy books, including Roxane Gay’s Hunger and Julia Fierro’s The Gypsy Moth Summer.

[Y]volve Publishing, a new press based in Chicago, has launched a chapbook series featuring poetry both written and edited by local teens.

A young developer discusses the genesis of her app, We Read Too, which offers an extensive database of multicultural books for young readers.

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