Books

Nearly 3 million children in the U.S. have a parent in jail or prison. Local author Becky Birtha is hoping her children's book, "Far Apart, Close in Heart," will help them.

Guest: Stephen Greenblatt STEPHEN GREENBLATT, an Ame ...

Guests: Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Nicole Krauss NICOLE KRAUSS, author of t ...

A county library years in the making came to fruition Tuesday.   Adults and children were greeted by the smell of new ...

Al Franken said it well last spring: “I love Hillary … and I think she has a right to analyze what happened. But we do have t ...

Mindell Dubansky has been repairing and taking care of books for 35 years. Mindell Dubansky once slapped someone’s hand for ...

The challenge of writing a brief history of Philadelphia has been taken up by Roger Simon, professor of history at Lehigh University. ...

He joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss life with a terminal illness and the activities that keep him going. & ...

Guests: Zinzi Clemmons, Carol Leonnig Author ZINZI CLEMMONS ...

How two space geeks imagine the future of trips to the stars. Rock climbing on Mars, playing baseball on the moon and skydiving th ...

The O.J. Simpson parole hearing is dominating the non-politcal news, but the legacy of race relations looming large in the criminal justi ...

Whether it’s an especially hot or cold day – or mild or unmemorable one – the weather reports coming through the radio, ...

Fewer and fewer Delaware schools have certified librarian as principals look to put more educators in the classroom. Every morning ...

News about Syria stresses geopolitics, so it takes some effort to find an article remidning us that Syria is an actual country with people living there, and dying there. 

There is much to be learned from George Orwell’s classic novel “1984,” written in 1949, which has suddenly jumped again ...