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Read Smart Book Discussion: In West Mills by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
Read Smart Book Discussion: In West Mills by De’Shawn Charles Winslow
Set in an African American community in rural North Carolina from 1941 to 1987, In West Mills is a small-town story about family, friendship, storytelling and the redemptive power of love. In West Mills is the North Carolina Humanities Council's 2020 Route 1 Reads booklist selection. Our discussion will be led by Tiffany Dangleben, a…
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Fermentology Miniseminars: The Prehistory of Bread
Fermentology Miniseminars: The Prehistory of Bread
The origins of bread have long been associated with the development of farming communities that first cultivated and domesticated cereals in the Fertile Crescent 10,000 years ago. However, most recent discoveries show that bread was not a product of farming but perhaps something which fuelled it. Amaia Arranz Otaegui, an assistant professor at the University…