Susan Hockfield, the former president of MIT, discussed her new book, "The Age of Living Machines."

Poet Richard Blanco shared his picks for the winners of BPR's Acrostic Poem Contest.

Mother's Day can be a painful reminder to would-be moms who can’t get or stay pregnant. Now with increased awareness about medical technology, including less stigma about surrogacy, there are new ways to build a family.

It's our May selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.”

Poet Richard Blanco joined BPR to talk about his new book, "How to Love a Country: Poems."

A recent slight reduction in the national incarceration numbers hasn't changed the main problems plaguing the criminal justice system.

Not long after the release of the film adaptation, Anthony Burgess embarked on an ambitious companion to his seminal novel. But it was never published, and the manuscript went unread — until now.

Richard Blanco spoke about how his experiences as a young gay man from a working class, immigrant background shaped his poetry.

Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow discusses his new book, "Radicalized: Four Tales of our Present Moment."

April is National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world. To celebrate, Massachusetts’ high school Poetry Out Loud champion and the irrepressible poet Kwame Alexander tell us how they make words take flight.