Books

James A. Michener, who won a Pulitzer Prize for “Tales from the South Pacific,” credited his start to a title published in 1930.

The shop gained national fame, but was beloved in Philly as a welcoming home for geeks of all kinds.

Everything you need to know about Monkeypox right now. Also, the struggles facing NJ produce farmers, and we talk about a Library Company mental health exhibition.

In exactly one year, a relatively large and diverse school district went from debating masks to targeting LGBTQ books. Here’s how it happened.

Sweating is a weird biological function. Journalist Sarah Everts walks us through her taboo-busting book about the shame, stink, and strange science of sweating.

In The Secret Life of Secrets, Michael Slepian reveals how secrets impact our minds, relationships and more, and gives strategies to make them easier to carry around with us.

Proceeds will be donated to PEN America, which advocates for free expression.

Sociologist and author Elijah Anderson joins us to discuss his new book, 'Black in White Space: The Enduring Impact of Color in Everyday Life.'

Patient memoirs of 19th-century asylums tell the good, the bad, and the ugly from the early days of institutional mental health treatment.

On this Memorial Day episode of Radio Times: Legendary sports broadcaster Ray Didinger and Sheryl Lee Ralph's iconic performance in Abbott Elementary.

Donations are helping Liguori Academy fill up the shelves.

Known online as ACO Jess, she just wants people to understand her job.

Author Jude Stewart on smell, the least understood of our five senses. And, what we know so far about Covid-19 and loss of scent...some people aren't bouncing back.

There’s no timeline yet for the improvements — and advocates are pressing for more.

As efforts to control books continue, Nashville Public Library hopes to reach thousands of readers with its "I read banned books" card.