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In a rush to buy journalist and author Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, buyers have mistakenly purchased Randall Hansen's book of a similar name, Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)
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Money

Author 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

Philadelphia's new poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia names new poet laureate

Raquel Salas Rivera, a gender-fluid, Puerto Rican writer, has been named Philadelphia's new city poet laureate.

7 years ago

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These are some of the books from the study. (From left) The Cat That Eats Letters by Ge Jing; The Foolish Old Man Who Removed The Mountain by Cai Feng; The Jar of Happiness by Aisla Burrows. (Shandong Education Press; Shanghai people's Fine Arts Publishing House; Child's Play International)
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Lifestyle

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?

7 years ago

The New York Times published a series of articles based on the secret Pentagon papers in 1971.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

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.

8 years ago

Fans spell out BOWIE with their bodies outside Sigma Sound Studios on 12th Street in 1974 while David Bowie was recording songs for the album
Arts & Entertainment

Philly loves Bowie — the second time around

The second annual Philly Loves Bowie Week will feature a new book and documentary film.

8 years ago

Listen 2:17
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Poet Nikki Giovanni / Writer Adam Valen Levinson

Guests: Nikki Giovanni, Adam Valen Levinson We begin today’s show listening to Marty’s conversation with poet ...

Air Date: January 1, 2018

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Poet Nikki Giovanni

Guest: Nikki Giovanni In poet NIKKI GIOVANNI’s ne ...

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’

Guest: Adam Valen Levinson ADAM VALEN LEVINSON ...

8 years ago

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Writers are shown seated at a session during the Independent Authors Conference in Philadelphia
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

Authors going indie — it’s a Philly thing

Being “indie” once defined a creative project as not being backed by a major producer. It is a way of life, and it is ingrained in the spirit of the City of Brotherly Love.

8 years ago

Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in
Speak Easy
Arts & Entertainment

The reason fans who should love ‘The Last Jedi’ most are the only ones who hate it

The first step to understanding the reaction is realizing that, to many fans, there has already been a trilogy to follow 1983's "Return of the Jedi."

8 years ago

Couples therapist Esther Perel says,
NPR
Lifestyle

As marriage standards change, a therapist recommends ‘rethinking infidelity’

Infidelity doesn't have to signal the end of a relationship.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Adam Levinson’s ‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’

Guest: ADAM VALEN LEVINSON ADAM VALEN LEVINSON is on a miss ...

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

‘The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah’ / Meek Mill update

Guests: Bobby Allyn, Adam Valen Levinson ADAM VALEN LEVI ...

Air Date: December 6, 2017

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Hillary Clinton elaborates on stage at a book tour stop at the Academy of Music in Center City Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘How deep the rot goes’: Fake news follows Clinton to Philly stop

At a talk at the Academy of Music in Center City Thursday night, Hillary Clinton said "the forces at work in 2016 are still with us."

8 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Hidden City / Broken Symphony

Guests: Joseph B. Elliot, Nathaniel Popkin, Peter Woodall, Robert Blackson Philadelphia is filled with unseen spa ...

Air Date: November 27, 2017

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