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A Chicago native, poet and novelist Phillip B. Williams is the author of two chapbooks and four full-length poetry collections, including "Thief in the Interior" (Alice James Books 2016), winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and a Lambda Literary Award; and "Mutiny" (Penguin 2021), a finalist for the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection and the winner of a 2022 American Book Award. Winner of France’s Prix du Premier Roman Étranger, his debut novel, "Ours" (Viking 2024), was named Oprah Daily’s most anticipated title of 2024, as well as Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, People, Los Angeles Times, and NPR. Williams's newest collection of poems, Lift Every Voice, is scheduled for release this year on Penguin Books. In addition to being finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature (Poetry) and twice awarded the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, Phillip B. Williams is also the recipient of a 2017 Whiting Award, a 2013 Ruth Lilly Fellowship, a Kenyon Review Writers Workshop fellowship, and fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Arts. His work explores Black surrealism, folklore, and spirituality, along with themes of identity, social change, and the connection between language and corporeality. He currently teaches in the MFA in creative writing program at New York University and is founding faculty of the Randolph College Low-res MFA. Come attend this author reading, Q & A, and book selling/signing!

Poet and essayist Jason Schneiderman is the author of five poetry collections, most recently "Self Portrait of Icarus as a Country on Fire" (Red Hen, 2024), as well as a book of essays "Nothingism: Poetry at the End of Print Culture" (University of Michigan Poets on Poetry, 2025), and the craft book "Teaching Writing Through Poetry: An Introduction to Poetic Form" (Bloomsbury, 2025). He is Professor of English at CUNY’s BMCC in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. This will be a dynamic reading and Q & A with the author! Stay after to meet him and get a book copy signed. This event is offered in collaboration with Grossmont College Librarian Nadra Farina and the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibit, which is sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association.

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UC San Diego is hosting the 25th Annual Kyoto Prize Symposium this week. Award recipient Carol Gilligan joins Midday Edition Tuesday to talk about her pioneering work highlighting the experiences of women and girls in research, and share her reaction to receiving the Kyoto Prize.

Qatar and Pakistan said the talks made "encouraging progress" despite a rocky start after Trump made threats to "hit Iran very hard again" while the U.S. and Iranian negotiators met in Switzerland.

As the Iran war stretches into its second week, concerns are growing around the impact the conflict will have for the global economy. Then, we talk about thoughtful ways parents can approach conversations with their kids about the news in today's world.

Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula.

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First, ten days into the war with Iran and we are still unclear on how or what an ending to the conflict would look like. Also, Lemon Grove’s city council is one step closer to an ordinance that could expand protections for renters. We’ll also tell you about the San Diego Zoo’s new lease with the city. Then, we’ll bring you to a place so eclectic that it can be hard to describe in March’s Museum A Month. Lastly,we bring you the details about a new play commissioned by The Old Globe.