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There are signs of trouble along America's coastline, where once-lush forests near beaches are dying by the acre. Rising sea levels are to blame. Scientists along the nation's coastline are now racing to figure out if it can be stopped and what can be done instead, if it can't.

What does intimacy and care look like when a parent lives far away? 'Ghost Forest' paints a rare portrait of a transnational family.

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Here are the CBC Books picks for the top Canadian fiction of the year.

Ambitious museum shows in Tulsa, Richmond, and Louisville left an imprint. Jasper Johns, Maya Lin and Latino artists shone. And the high quality of gallery shows of women was dizzying and gratifying.

Plus, London gets a new play about Warhol and Basquiat, and artist Maya Lin's NYC forest installation is being repurposed for boats.

Teenagers are making boats using the wood from her grove installation at Madison Square Park, and the artist is happy that the work is seeing a new life.

Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung leavens its heavy narrative – of a girl growing up in Vancouver, and her father in Hong Kong who dies – with a joyful originality and freedom.

Shortlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize, this imaginative debut collection evokes wonder and longing.

Two reports — by the city of L.A. and Monument Lab — reveal blind spots in how California marks its history. A memorial to the Chinese Massacre sets a new agenda.