
Books
Delaware artist Susan Benarcik brings the outdoors in with her unique artwork
During the day Susan Benarcik is an urban gardener, she loves nature and the outdoors, during the winter months she brings both indoors through her artwork.
7 years ago
Front row to American history, on a Kensington barstool
A new book about a Kensington veterans club is a small peephole onto the national stage.
7 years ago
Listen 5:35One of the oldest African-American children’s book fairs returns to Philly
One of the country’s oldest book fairs devoted to African-American children's literature returned to Philadelphia Saturday for its 26th year.
7 years ago
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.
7 years ago
Listen 5:19Max 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
Listen 49:29Elif Shafak’s “Three Daughters of Eve”
ELIF SHAFAK is an award-winning Turkish novelist who writes about women’s and min ...
7 years ago
Listen 35:30Elif 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
Listen 49:29One Book, One Philadelphia – a conversation with Jacqueline Woodson
Guest: Jacqueline Woodson We listen to Marty’s conversation with writer ...
Air Date: January 29, 2018
Listen 49:31There’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
Listen 49:29Ursula 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.
7 years ago
Sherman Alexie: “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me”
Guest: Sherman Alexie SHERMAN ALEXIE’s relationship with ...
Air Date: January 19, 2018
Listen 49:29Wolff’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.
7 years ago
Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury”
Guest: Michael Wolff, Eddie Glaude Jr. Journalist ...
Air Date: January 16, 2018
Listen 49:27Poetry, 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
Listen 50:28Author of the other ‘Fire And Fury’ book says business is booming
He moved from "very, very low sales onto three best-seller lists."
7 years ago