Books
Philly author’s first novel featured at nation’s oldest African-American children’s book fair
The 26th Annual African-American Children’s Book Fair is set to host more than 3,500 readers at the Community College of Philadelphia Saturday.
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Max Boot’s “The Road Not Taken”
MAX BOOT, military historian and author, writes the story of Edward Lansdale —a bri ...
Air Date: February 1, 2018
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Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve”
ELIF SHAFAK is an award-winning Turkish novelist who writes about women’s and min ...
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Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve” / Trump’s address
Guest: Philip Bump, Elif Shafak ELIF SHAFAK is an award-win ...
Air Date: January 31, 2018
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One Book, One Philadelphia – a conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
Guest: Jacqueline Woodson We listen to Marty’s conversation with writer ...
Air Date: January 29, 2018
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There’s no right way to grieve
Guests: Megan Devine, Julia Cooper All of us will experience the death of a loved one in our lives, yet many of u ...
Air Date: January 26, 2018
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Ursula K. Le Guin, whose novels plucked truth from high fantasy, dies at 88
Le Guin crafted fantastic worlds to grapple with profoundly difficult questions here on Earth, from class divisions to feminist theory.
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Sherman Alexie: “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”
Guest: Sherman Alexie SHERMAN ALEXIE’s relationship with ...
Air Date: January 19, 2018
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Wolff’s book resonates because Trump keeps confirming it
Wolff concluded that Trump is unfit to serve. And virtually everything that Trump has done and said since the book’s release has demonstrated that he got it right.
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Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury”
Guest: Michael Wolff, Eddie Glaude Jr. Journalist ...
Air Date: January 16, 2018
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Poetry, race relations, and MLK
Guests: Tracy K. Smith, Jonathan Rieder, Michael Eric Dyson For today’s Martin Luther King Holiday, we’re goi ...
Air Date: January 15, 2018
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NPR
Author of the other ‘Fire And Fury’ book says business is booming
He moved from "very, very low sales onto three best-seller lists."
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Philadelphia names new poet laureate
Raquel Salas Rivera, a gender-fluid, Puerto Rican writer, has been named Philadelphia's new city poet laureate.
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NPR
What’s the difference between children’s books in China and the U.S.?
What are the hidden messages in the storybooks we read to our kids?
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Censorship stupidity: Trump tries to keep the Wolff from his door
How fitting that Trump's attempt to block the release of a devastating book roughly parallels Richard Nixon's attempt to block the release of the Pentagon Papers.
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