Books
Advocate for nixing library book late fees gives her take on what’s becoming a national trend
Wisconsin librarian Dawn Wacek says waiving late fees helped bring people back to her library. Philadelphia’s libraries are considering doing the same.
4 years ago
Listen 5:39‘Two singular voices’: WURD radio hosts conversation on Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass
Scholars Erica Armstrong Dunbar and C. James Trotman talked about the lives of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass at the Barnes Foundation.
4 years ago
The reverse underground railroad
Historian Richard Bell tells the story of the "reverse underground railroad" and of five black boys who were kidnapped 1825 Philadelphia and sold into slavery in the south.
Air Date: November 1, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:01‘There There’ selected for Free Library’s One Book One Philadelphia
“There There” by Tommy Orange, a Native American novel set in contemporary Oakland, California is The Free Library’s next pick for the One Book One Philadelphia.
5 years ago
At Philly book tour stop, Hillary Clinton says GOP should back Trump impeachment inquiry
During a book tour stop at the Constitution Center, Hillary Clinton said there is a “really good case” for articles of impeachment against Trump.
5 years ago
Exiled NSA contractor Edward Snowden: ‘I haven’t and I won’t’ cooperate with Russia
Had I cooperated with the Russian government right — if you think I'm a Russian spy — I would have been in that airport for five minutes before they drove me out in a limo.
5 years ago
The 17th century author of “Paradise Lost” was a big fan of Shakespeare. The Free Library of Philadelphia is discovered to have his personal copy.
5 years ago
Review: 'The Testaments' takes us back to Gilead for a fast-paced, female-centered adventure
What do the men of Gilead do all day?
5 years ago
The gymnasts who brought down a sexual predator
Before dozens of women took to the podium to testify against former Olympic team doctor Larry Nassar, dozens more suffered his abuse in a small town in Michigan.
Air Date: September 2, 2019
Listen 49:00West Philly’s Penn Book Store finds new owners, will not shut down
The couple taking over the beloved indie bookshop hope to keep it open “at least 100 years.”
5 years ago
Charles Santore, Philly illustrator of classic children’s books, dies at 84
The artist behind many classic reissues like Wizard of Oz and Alice In Wonderland passed away this week at 84.
5 years ago
How Toni Morrison inspired a Philly woman’s black bookstore on Instagram
Run out of a house in Germantown, Black Soul Vintage is a passion project.
5 years ago
Toni Morrison, whose soaring novels were rooted in black lives, dies at 88
Morrison died Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York, according to her publisher Penguin Random House.
5 years ago
Philly graphic novelist explores the emotional roller coaster of hip replacement
Emily Steinberg, a painter and graphic novelist, believes comics are a powerful way to confront feelings and combat loneliness in medicine.
5 years ago
A bushel of new comics collections dig into the pleasures of print
Despite what you may have heard, print publishing isn't dead. In fact, a host of new print magazines are bringing some wild, weird, innovative words and pictures to the scene.
5 years ago