��E E�CEP�IONS� COUR�ES� OF SCRI�NER �OO�S� �ERNI�E �EA�S�O�� COUR�ES� OF �ARR� �ERNI�E� LIFE�UAR� �OWERS� COUR�ES� OF �LURRIN� �OO�S� �WA� �EA�S�O�� COUR�ES� OF �OMM� �WA�� ��E WOR�-LO�ER�S LE�ICON �LASER �EA�S�O�� COUR�ES� OFMIC�AEL LASER� �O�AC� AN� �E� I�� COUR�ES� OF �OL� ��PE �OO�S� FOR� �EA�S�O�� COUR�ES� OF �IONNE FOR�
��E E��EP�IONS� NAN�Y �OPKINS , �I� , AND ��E FI���
FOR �O�EN IN S�IEN�E �� �ATE�ERNI�E ( FE� . �� )
Afterbecoming an assistant professoratMI��s Center forCancer Researchin���� , Nancy�opkins brokescienti�c ground studying the genetics of mouseRNA tumor viruses , the genetics of early vertebrate development using �ebra�sh , and cancer with �shasmodels . Along the way , she discoveredsomething else� �hatshe and her female peerswere being discriminated against by the institutions that had hired them . Whileat �he Boston �lo�e , �ate �ernike , aPulit�er Pri�e-winning journalist who since���� has reportedfor �he New�ork �imes , brokethe story of the �� female scientists , including �opkins , who forced MI� to admit to their discriminatory practices . Now�ernikee�pands on thatstory with �he ��ceptions : NancyHopkins , M�� , and the Fi�ht for �omen in �cience . �he account o�ersaclose look at the women whose accomplishments have been ignored at our peril . �ernikewillshareher work at the Montclair �u�lic Li�rary from ��� p�m� March ��� �e�ister in personand online at montclairli�rary�or��
�O �A�K AND �E� I�� A �E�OIR OF RA�E , IN�ERI�AN�E , AND
IN�ER�ENERA�IONAL �EALIN�� �� �IONNE FOR� ( APRIL � )
In �o Back and �et �t : �Memoir of �ace , �nheritance , and �nter�enerational Healin� , �ionne Ford setss out to learn her ancestors� legacy , and in the process , better know herself . One out of �veofthe ancestorsofAfrican Americans were white men , so for Ford and countless others , enslaversbecame relatives �or , as the author notes in her prologue , �If youare going to look for your enslaved ancestors , you will have to look for the people who enslaved them . ��er journeybegins with acentury-oldfamily photograph and takes her to the oil-rich �ulf of Mississippi , whereone �lackancestor waslynched and another went from being property to owning it , a search thatilluminatesslavery�slegacy of se�ualviolence . �oyceCarol Oateswrites thatthe book is �a fascinating American odyssey�uiteunlikeany other youare likely to encounter , beautifully written , heartfelt , at times painfullycandid , and deeplymoving . �
LIFE�UARD �O�ERS�
�IA�I �� TOMM���A� ( FE� . 7 )
Photographer �ommy �wak , whose work has been commissioned by Louis �uitton and featured at the Clic �allery in Manhattan , favors bright palettes and images of nature . �is love of waterhas inspired him to visit and photograph locations including Iceland , the Faroe Islands , the �erseyShore and Montauk . InMiami �each , being drawnto the ocean meant being e�posedtocolorfullifeguardtowers that enchanted �wak , and made him determined to trek the city�s �-mileshoreline and document all�� . ( �oliftthe spirits of residents following �urricane Andrew�s destruction in ���� , the lifeguard towers were commissioned to be redesigned to look vibrant and fun .) �he result of this projectis Life�uard�owers : Miami , aseries thatwas �rste�hibited as prints , then took shape as NF�s , and now gracethe pagesofahardcoverphotobook .
LI�E E�EN� ��E �ORD�LO�ER�S LE�I�ON� A��I�SI�AL �OLLE��ION OF UN�O��ON , A�USIN� , AND USEFUL �ORDS �IN�LUDIN� ��E ONES YOU�EAN� �O LOOK
UP �U� DIDN��� �� MIC�AEL LASER ( �EC . �9� ���� )
If youenjoy learning new words , making puns or just have ahealthy senseofthe absurd , you�ll enjoy �he �ord�Lover�sLe�icon , acollection described on Ama�on . comas�Nearly� , ��� words , including the ones you meant to look up but didn�t� that the author says has been alabor of love , onand o� , for ���
years . Accompanied with vintage illustrations , jokes and anecdotes , the wordsare organi�ed by category , with �uotations from literature , journalism , and the web .
And if you like to play wordgames , you�ll be interested in participating in an evening of ��wisted �ictionary� at Watchung �ooksellersat�p . m . on March �� to celebratethe book�spublication . Attendees will be invited to invent the wackiest de�nitions possible forrealbut obscurewords . Laser�scohost will be Charles Liu , professor and author of several books about astronomy and science , the most recent of which is �he �osmos��plained . � �� Fair�eld�t� , Montclair� �������������� watchun��ooksellers�com
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