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Rectangular photo of Ginger Pinholster’s office bookshelf containing a variety of narratives by and about people living on the edges of society, including some with mental illness. Photo credit Ginger Pinholster.

Ginger Pinholster—Snakes of St. Augustine

Encounters with snakes serve as a metaphor for challenges faced by people struggling with untreated mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse while also seeking love and support in Ginger Pinholster’s novel Snakes of St. Augustine. Pinholster also explores the intersection of mental illness and community policing that sometimes has tragic consequences.

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Prosanta Chakrabarty—Explaining Life through Evolution

Louisiana law empowers state schools to teach the biblical account of creation in science classes as an alternative to evolution. In Explaining Life Through Evolution, evolutionary biologist/science writer Prosanta Chakrabarty exposes the legislation’s flaws. He tells general readers how evolution works & why understanding it matters. He even includes graphics for a proposed Darwin movie.

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Ted Anton—Programmable Planet: The Synthetic Biology Revolution

The success of mRNA vaccines, diagnostic tests, and therapies for Covid-19 starting in 2020 became “synthetic biology’s moment,” Ted Anton notes in Programmable Planet: The Synthetic Biology Revolution. Changing life by changing DNA, he asserts, holds the promise of yielding more effective medications as well as sustainable foods, fuels, clothing, building materials, furniture, and more.

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