Mondays at Racine, a short documentary about a Long Island hair salon that caters to cancer patients, won an Oscar nomination for director Cynthia Ward, MA '96. . . . Former NFL player Damon Dunn, '98, is running for mayor of Long Beach, Calif. . . . San Jose charter school Escuela Popular celebrated the 80th birthday of its founder, Lidia Reguerin, MA '66. . . . The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh, '00, MA '03, and Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward, '99, MA '00, are among 30 titles chosen for free distribution in the 2013 World Book Night on April 23.

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