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href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/looking-for-a-holiday-read/" title="Looking for a holiday read?"><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="A collage of four people." data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/mcgill-authors-xmas2024-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/mcgill-authors-xmas2024-600x600-square.jpg" alt="A collage of four people." data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/culture/"> Culture </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/looking-for-a-holiday-read/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> Looking for a holiday read? </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> The holidays are almost upon us and (hopefully) that means you’ll soon be able to spend some quality time with a good book or two. Here are some possibilities for you to consider – all written by McGill alums. </p> </div> <div class="card group/card culture"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/one-of-the-big-apples-best-booksellers/" title="One of the Big Apple’s best booksellers"><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="A women standing in front of a bookstore." data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sarah-mcnally-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/sarah-mcnally-600x600-square.jpg" alt="A women standing in front of a bookstore." data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/culture/"> Culture </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/one-of-the-big-apples-best-booksellers/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> One of the Big Apple’s best booksellers </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> Sarah McNally, BA’98, is the driving force behind McNally Jackson Books in New York. Her chain of independent bookstores has managed to thrive in challenging times. Both <em>Vogue </em> and <em>The New Yorker </em>recently included McNally Jackson’s shops on their lists of New York’s finest bookstores. </p> </div> <div class="card group/card culture"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/championing-quebec-culture/" title="Championing Quebec culture "><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="Louise Lantagne" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/louise-lantagne-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/louise-lantagne-600x600-square.jpg" alt="Louise Lantagne" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/culture/"> Culture </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/championing-quebec-culture/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> Championing Quebec culture </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> As the president and director general of the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), Louise Lantagne, BA’77, plays a crucial role in supporting Quebec culture – both inside the province and around the world. (Cet article est disponible en français.)</em> </p> </div> <div class="card group/card society"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/telling-the-whole-story/" title="Telling the whole story "><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="A person with long gray hair" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ned-blackhawk-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ned-blackhawk-600x600-square.jpg" alt="A person with long gray hair" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/society/"> Society </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/telling-the-whole-story/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> Telling the whole story </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> Yale historian Ned Blackhawk, BA’92, believes that too many accounts of U.S. history pay little attention to the pivotal role that the country’s Native Americans played in that history. His recent book, The Rediscovery of America, winner of the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction, serves as a corrective. </p> </div> <div class="card group/card society"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/the-final-frontier-for-law/" title="The final frontier… for law "><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAB4AAAAeAAQAAAAAH2XdrAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAAHXSURBVHja7cExAQAAAMKg9U9tDB+gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHgaD+kAAcuGLKEAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt="A video game screen with a planet in the background" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/michael-byers-space-law-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="2048" height="2048" data-eio-rwidth="2048" data-eio-rheight="2048"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/michael-byers-space-law-600x600-square.jpg" alt="A video game screen with a planet in the background" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/society/"> Society </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/the-final-frontier-for-law/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> The final frontier… for law </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> The rise of space tourism, an increase in potentially dangerous space debris, the possibility of asteroid mining – as the technologies associated with space exploration continue to advance, an award-winning book by legal scholar Michael Byers asks if international law is keeping pace. </p> </div> <div class="card group/card discovery"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/exploring-queer-and-feminist-food-culture/" title="Exploring queer and feminist food culture"><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="Alex Ketchum" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/alex-ketchum-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/alex-ketchum-600x600-square.jpg" alt="Alex Ketchum" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/discovery/"> Discovery </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/exploring-queer-and-feminist-food-culture/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> Exploring queer and feminist food culture </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> In her research on feminist restaurants and queer cuisine, Alex Ketchum, MA’13, PhD’18, an assistant professor at McGill’s Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, examines underexplored areas of culinary history and food culture. </p> </div> <div class="card group/card society"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/once-an-olympian-always-an-olympian/" title="Once an Olympian, always an Olympian "><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABLAAAASwAQAAAADDWo5iAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAADGSURBVHja7cExAQAAAMKg9U9tCU+gAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOBvw+4AAZdzZFoAAAAASUVORK5CYII=" alt="Illustration of a hand holding an olympic flame" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mcgill-olympians-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="1200" height="1200" data-eio-rwidth="1200" data-eio-rheight="1200"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/mcgill-olympians-600x600-square.jpg" alt="Illustration of a hand holding an olympic flame" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/society/"> Society </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/once-an-olympian-always-an-olympian/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> Once an Olympian, always an Olympian </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> The Olympics always offer a unique blend of exceptional skill, thrilling competitions, and surprises, and the 2024 Paris Games are certain to do the same. What’s life like for the athletes who take part in the world’s biggest international sporting event? We asked some McGillians with firsthand experience. </p> </div> <div class="card group/card culture"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/an-accomplishment-worth-kvelling-about/" title="An accomplishment worth kvelling about "><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="Aaron Lansky" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aaron-lansky-library-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/aaron-lansky-library-600x600-square.jpg" alt="Aaron Lansky" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/culture/"> Culture </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/an-accomplishment-worth-kvelling-about/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> An accomplishment worth kvelling about </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> While working on a master’s degree at McGill, Aaron Lansky, MA’80, launched a rescue mission, one that would play a significant role in the preservation of a culture facing serious peril. As the driving force behind the Yiddish Book Center, Lansky has helped save 1.5 million books and built a one-of-a-kind collection. </p> </div> <div class="card group/card culture"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/an-unconventional-path-to-literary-stardom/" title="An unconventional path to literary stardom"><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="Kai Thomas speaking from behind a podium" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kai-Thomas-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Kai-Thomas-600x600-square.jpg" alt="Kai Thomas speaking from behind a podium" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/culture/"> Culture </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/an-unconventional-path-to-literary-stardom/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> An unconventional path to literary stardom </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> As an undergraduate, Kai Thomas, BA’16, examined old newspaper ads in the McGill Library about runaway slaves. That research helped inform <em>In the Upper Country</em>, his first novel, which won one of Canada’s top literary prizes last year. </p> </div> </div> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-3 gap-8" id="related-stories-container"> <div class="card group/card discovery"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/exploring-the-roots-of-the-war-in-ukraine/" title="Exploring the roots of the war in Ukraine"><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAlgAAAJYAQAAAACWHaVxAAAAAnRSTlMAAHaTzTgAAABDSURBVHja7cEBDQAAAMKg909tDjegAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC+DbIgAAFbm/qRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC" alt="Maria Popova" data-src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Maria-Popova-600x600-square.jpg" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" data-eio-rwidth="600" data-eio-rheight="600"><noscript><img class="card-image aspect-square" src="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Maria-Popova-600x600-square.jpg" alt="Maria Popova" data-eio="l"></noscript></a> <a class="mt-4 block text-red uppercase text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/discovery/"> Discovery </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/exploring-the-roots-of-the-war-in-ukraine/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> Exploring the roots of the war in Ukraine </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Maria Popova became one of the media’s most popular go-to experts for providing context for the conflict. 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text-sm" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/category/culture/"> Culture </a> <a class="mt-4 block" href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/how-one-bad-day-led-to-a-triumphant-year/"> <h2 class="font-mds-serif text-3xl mb-4"> How one bad day led to a triumphant year </h2> </a> <p class="group-hover/card:text-black"> Anuja Varghese, BA’05, won two major Canadian literary awards in 2023, but she struggled in her first attempts to put her book <em>Chrysalis</em> together. “I was trying to write what I thought belonged in a literary short story collection.” Things got easier once she focused on the “the weird stuff, the ghost stories.” </p> </div><div class="card group/card culture"> <a href="https://mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/books-to-consider-for-your-holiday-reading/" title="Books to consider for your holiday reading"><img class="card-image aspect-square lazyload" 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