Books

The Free Library of Philadelphia announced this week that 10 of its 54 branches will begin offering regularly scheduled Saturday hours.

The district will review a total of 65 books for “inappropriate” and “sexualized content.” All of the books show up on a book reporting site used by Moms for Liberty.

The comic novel written like a TV screenplay by Charles Yu takes on serious issues of being Asian in America. He’s now turning it into a TV show.

As part of its book review process, the district is buying books so committees can read them and make recommendations.

Leisure and business travel are expected to hit prepandemic levels by 2024.

The Central Bucks South High School librarian papered his windows with posters of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel’s words, after the principal reversed the order of removal.

After being discontinued in 2021 because of cost, the popular service was reinstated under a new model.

The rooms of Glen Foerd, in a 19th century summer retreat on the Delaware River, is the setting for Hughes’ “The Ways of White Folks.”

Banks was a self-styled heir to such 19th century writers as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Walt Whitman, aspiring to high art and a deep grasp of the country’s spirit.

Founded in 1959, the shop has long been a resource for Afrocentric literature, gifts, and discourse.

Less than 30% of third graders in Philly public schools scored proficient or higher in reading last school year. A new program challenges students to read more at home.

Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky's book 'Foreverland,' an honest and savagely funny examination of modern marriage.

Despite remaining scaffolding, the historic building in Washington Square reopens to the public on Monday.

Researcher Michael Slepian collected the secrets of 50,000 people for 'The Secret Life of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are.'

In this bonus episode, we talk about the social lives of old trees in the forest and research that has changed our understanding of trees and forest ecology.