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Book Club: Tochi Onyebuch's New Novel 'Riot Baby'
Author Tochi Onyebuchi's dystopian story is his first foray into adult literature and our February selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.” -
Ezra Klein On The Roots Of America's Political Polarization
In Ezra Klein’s book “Why We’re Polarized,” he explores the reasons and history behind America's political divisions. -
Nicholas Kristof And Sheryl WuDunn On The Many Americans Walking On A ‘Tightrope’
In their new book, ‘Tightrope: Americans Reaching For Hope,’ journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn write about the systemic causes of poverty and inequality plaguing working-class Americans. -
Journalists Nick Kristof And Sheryl WuDunn Talk 'Tightrope'
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists called for more empathy towards the nation’s poorest. -
Steve Inskeep On The Forgotten History Of John Fremont, The Original Celebrity Politician
John Fremont rose to prominence in the 1840s with his many mapping expeditions to the West, which his wife, Jessie, helped him heavily publicize. -
The New York Public Library Has Calculated Its Most Checked-Out Books Of All Time
"The books on this list have transcended generations and, much like the Library itself, are as relevant today as they were when they first arrived," said the library's president. -
Opioid Support Group Grows From Christian Book Club
A group of women gathered at a coffee shop outside Seattle to discuss a book about Christian living, but soon discovered that they shared something else: addiction in their families. -
Elizabeth Wurtzel, Who Stirred Conversation With 'Prozac Nation,' Dies At 52
The 1994 memoir opened a national dialogue about clinical depression and introduced readers to Wurtzel's brash, unapologetic voice. Wurtzel died of breast cancer at a Manhattan hospital Tuesday. -
Inside The E-Book 'War' Waging Between Libraries And Publishers
Librarians say new publisher policies are not just unfair and unethical, but they might be illegal. -
Cambridge Author Finds The Voices Of Women In 2,000 Year Old Poem Metamorphoses
Author Nina McLaughlin, who has written for the Boston Globe and the Boston Phoenix, recently published her new book, Wake Siren: Ovid Resung.
