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Shout: The True Story of a Survivor Who Refused to be Silenced is published by Viking Books.
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Bonus Interview: Laurie Halse Anderson on #MeToo and ‘Shout’

Laurie Halse Anderson's memoir, Shout, is a vulnerable and powerful reflection on our society failing victims, and a love letter to survivors of sexual assault.

Air Date: September 17, 2022 7:00 am

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'Shy' by Mary Rodgers and Jesse Green is published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers

NY Times theater critic Jesse Green talks about the life, talent, accomplishments and authentic conversations with Mary Rodgers captured in her new memoir, 'Shy.'

Air Date: September 13, 2022 10:00 am

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A horse makes a plunge into a six-foot pool of water on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/ Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Bonus Interview: Steel Pier and The Last ‘Diving Horse’

From the Radio Times archive, we visit our interview about Atlantic City's Steel Pier, dangerous animal stunts and the last diving horse in America.

Air Date: September 10, 2022 6:00 am

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little girl in bobby sock walks down stair surrounding by suited men
Arts & Entertainment

Ruby Bridges, desegregation trailblazer, writes kid’s book

“I Am Ruby Bridges” goes on sale Tuesday. It’s aimed at readers as young as 4 at a time when teaching the history of race in America has never been more difficult.

9 months ago

A white building with arches is visible on a street corner on a sunny day. Green trees are on the left and right side of the photo.
Community
Billy Penn

Still trying to fill hundreds of open positions, the Free Library has managed to expand service at over a dozen branches

Saturday hours could be on their way as early as this winter.

9 months ago

(Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Goodnight Moon has comforted kids at bedtime for 75 years

The book has lulled children around the world to sleep with its dreamy ritual of bidding "goodnight" to everything in the "great green room."

9 months ago

A woman in a purple shirt holds a stuffed owl in a classroom.
PlanPhilly
Education

Full-time tutors are coming to Philly schools to make reading more fun — and less like a chore

By the time kids reach the fourth grade, the function of reading shifts, and young students in Philadelphia are behind. A new nonprofit aims to bridge the gap.

9 months ago

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Moiya McTier is the author of The Milky Way: An Autobiography of Our Galaxy. (photo/Mindy Tucker)
Radio Times
Science

An autobiography of the Milky Way

A new book is written from the witty, sharp, sometimes self-indulgent perspective of our Milky Way galaxy, detailing what it's like to look down on tiny planet Earth.

Air Date: August 30, 2022 10:00 am

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President Richard Nixon talks with correspondent Dan Rather before an interview at the White House in Washington, Jan. 2, 1972. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Bonus Interview: Dan Rather on ‘What Unites Us’

In his 2017 book, Dan Rather asks, “when did we accept a can’t-do spirit from so many of our national leaders?” We revisit our interview from the Radio Times archive.

Air Date: August 27, 2022 6:00 am

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Jonathan Maberry is a distinguished author of many novels, including the young adult series Rot & Ruin. He lived in Warrington, Bucks County for 12 years. (Doylestown Bookshop)
Education

‘A fascist approach to education’: Acclaimed local authors react to Central Bucks School District’s book policies

Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.

10 months ago

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Mónica Guzmán is the author of ‘I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times.’
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Having curious conversations in divided times

In her book, author Monica Guzman writes that we need to ask more questions of each other, to get fearlessly curious and reach the enlightening moment of understanding.

Air Date: August 16, 2022 10:00 am

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Alex Smith looks at the camera and holds his comic book in front of him.
Arts & Entertainment

Kapow! Gay, Black superheroes take on fatphobia while saving an Afrofuturistic Philly

Black, gay, and heavy superheroes save an Afrofuturistic Philly in the new Alex Smith/James Dillenbeck comic "Black Vans."

10 months ago

Portrait view of Salman Rushdie.
Community

Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

An Iranian government official has denied that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie.

10 months ago

Salman Rushdie gestures as he speaks at a podium.
Community

Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery,’ agent says

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author is “on the road to recovery” two days after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.

10 months ago

Parents, students and teachers rallied ahead of the Central Bucks School District’s vote to remove books perceived to have sexualized content from their libraries outside the district’s headquarters in Doylestown on July 26, 2022.
Education

‘It’s just getting worse.’ Central Bucks passes policy censoring class materials with ‘sexualized content’

The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.

10 months ago

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