Books

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni joins us to talk about why Americans feel so angry, outraged and aggrieved these days.

The Joy Luck Club author Amy Tan on her new book, The Backyard Bird Chronicles. Plus, from AI chatbots to cheap products, American consumers have a long list of complaints.

Jasdomin Santana champions diversity in children's literature by incorporating Dominican culture into her storytelling.

Lawmakers in many states - including Pennsylvania and New Jersey - want you to be able to repair your cracked cell phone screen, broken laptop or other tech.

The school says the text was given to a physician who, without consent, bound it with the skin of a deceased female patient in a hospital where he worked.

Breyer says if readers get to the end of his new book, “They'll be able to say, ‘He's asking me… to make up my own mind.’”

The Community Schools Reading Intervention program was developed by elementary school officials and Mercer Street Friends during the pandemic.

March 14–17: Boney James in N.J. and Liz Longley in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.

Thirty-one percent of public school students in grades 3-8 scored at or above benchmark on the Star Assessment in winter 2023-24, a 2% increase from winter 2022-23.

Across the nation, reading and literacy proficiency is at an all time low. One program seeks to change the narrative.

If you noticed the missing Oxford comma in that headline, you’re the target audience for Theatre Exile’s new production.

The program aims to distribute 1,500 fiction and nonfiction books in the face of continued book bans across the country.

Many libraries in N.J. have high-tech devices, child learning toys and machinery for patrons to borrow.

MSNBC analyst Barbara McQuade on “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America”. Plus, a surprise settlement for the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers.

Against the backdrop of recent book bans, Kevin Douglass Greene's efforts have been highlighted as a way to help preserve American history.