Books

Briggs was just 14 years old when she went to college, and ended up graduating first in her class.

Guests: Gary Shteyngart, ...

Benjamin Rush was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was also a bold abolitionist, an advocate for public education and a prolific writer.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson.

"We live in the golden age of whale science."

"Barracoon: The Story of the Last 'Black Cargo,'" one of the only surviving first-person accounts of the transatlantic slave trade, was published in May.

Guests: Deborah Plant, Autumn Womack, Johnnie Hobbes Jr. Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo ...

“Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo,’” immediately landed on the New York Times bestselling list.

A new book unites Joe Biden and Barack Obama as a crime-fighting duo investigating the suspicious death of an Amtrak engineer in Delaware.

If you didn't book your tickets to Hogwarts in time, celebrate the birth of the Boy Who Lived at one of these local events.

Guest: Jon Meacham Presidential historian JON MEACHAM j ...

At her fourth annual Educator Summit, Penn professor and "grit" expert Angela Duckworth brings teachers from all over the globe. WHYY spoke to some about the theory.

The goal was to provide a token of comfort, escape, to the roughly 20 migrant kids staying at the center in Berks County.

With the help of a $3,000 grant, Mighty Writers is giving more than a hundred books to migrant children at the Berks County Residential Center.