ObituariesWhy did best-selling author Carol Saline email The Inquirer’s obit writer?“I wanted you to know me,” she wrote, “not only my accomplishments but who I am as a person.”
ObituariesWhy did best-selling author Carol Saline email The Inquirer’s obit writer?“I wanted you to know me,” she wrote, “not only my accomplishments but who I am as a person.”
WeatherFrom allergies to migraines to arthritis to mood swings, the atmosphere has profound effects on our well-beingThe author of “Something in the Air: A Four-Season Guide to Weather and Health,” being released Tuesday, explains the science and long fascination with how the weather affects our bodies.
WeatherFrom allergies to migraines to arthritis to mood swings, the atmosphere has profound effects on our well-beingThe author of “Something in the Air: A Four-Season Guide to Weather and Health,” being released Tuesday, explains the science and long fascination with how the weather affects our bodies.
BooksWe can thank the Afro Sheen founder for ‘The Sound of Philadelphia’Mount Airy-based writer Hilary Beard dropped everything to help George E. Johnson write his autobiography.
BooksWe can thank the Afro Sheen founder for ‘The Sound of Philadelphia’Mount Airy-based writer Hilary Beard dropped everything to help George E. Johnson write his autobiography.
BooksEight books with Philly roots you should be reading this springMemoir, thriller, historical fiction, and romance, Philly writers are telling a plethora of stories. Here's what we'll be reading.
BooksEight books with Philly roots you should be reading this springMemoir, thriller, historical fiction, and romance, Philly writers are telling a plethora of stories. Here's what we'll be reading.
BooksThe Irish gunrunners of Philadelphia who ferried rifles to the IRAAli Watkins' new book, “The Next One is For You,” details how “the boys in Philly” fueled a guerilla army.
BooksThe Irish gunrunners of Philadelphia who ferried rifles to the IRAAli Watkins' new book, “The Next One is For You,” details how “the boys in Philly” fueled a guerilla army.
EntertainmentTariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter’s perfect Philly day: Dalessandro’s, block parties, and moreTrotter's 2023 hardcover, 'The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are' is this year's One Book, One Philadelphia.
EntertainmentTariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter’s perfect Philly day: Dalessandro’s, block parties, and moreTrotter's 2023 hardcover, 'The Upcycled Self: A Memoir on the Art of Becoming Who We Are' is this year's One Book, One Philadelphia.
BooksAt Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slaveryVillanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families."
BooksAt Mother Bethel, Villanova professor previews ‘Last Seen,’ her book about how Black families searched for relatives sold during slaveryVillanova University history professor Judith Giesberg has written a new book, "Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families."
MoviesPenn professor Emily Wilson's 'The Odyssey' translation is back in the news, thanks to Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan is making his own version of Homer's epic. Emily Wilson was the first woman to publish a translation.
MoviesPenn professor Emily Wilson's 'The Odyssey' translation is back in the news, thanks to Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan is making his own version of Homer's epic. Emily Wilson was the first woman to publish a translation.
Nation & WorldHow cowriting a book threatened Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s marriageThe former president’s more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations, and a children’s story.
Nation & WorldHow cowriting a book threatened Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s marriageThe former president’s more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations, and a children’s story.
BooksBaldwin’s Book Barn is a literary gem bursting with used books, and maybe a few ghostsFor decades a haven for booklovers, the five-story, 25,000 square-foot antiquarian bookstore is a sea of tomes, bursting with 300,000 rare and vintage books.
BooksBaldwin’s Book Barn is a literary gem bursting with used books, and maybe a few ghostsFor decades a haven for booklovers, the five-story, 25,000 square-foot antiquarian bookstore is a sea of tomes, bursting with 300,000 rare and vintage books.
BooksBest Philly nonfiction books to gift this yearFrom the history of the Schuykill, to Black cowboys, history-correcting chronicles, and essays on friendship.
BooksBest Philly nonfiction books to gift this yearFrom the history of the Schuykill, to Black cowboys, history-correcting chronicles, and essays on friendship.
BooksRemembering poet Nikki Giovanni and her impact on PhiladelphiaThe legendary poet, who died on Monday, Dec. 9, spent some years in Philadelphia, recording an album of poetry and studying social work at Penn.
BooksRemembering poet Nikki Giovanni and her impact on PhiladelphiaThe legendary poet, who died on Monday, Dec. 9, spent some years in Philadelphia, recording an album of poetry and studying social work at Penn.
BooksBon Voyage! Harriett’s Bookshop’s Jeannine A. Cook sends 11 young scholars to Paris for Thanksgiving.Entrepreneur Jeannine A. Cook raised $60,000 on GoFundMe, giving students the chance to see a world beyond Philly.
BooksBon Voyage! Harriett’s Bookshop’s Jeannine A. Cook sends 11 young scholars to Paris for Thanksgiving.Entrepreneur Jeannine A. Cook raised $60,000 on GoFundMe, giving students the chance to see a world beyond Philly.
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphian ’Pemi Aguda is up for one of the nation’s biggest literary prizesShe balanced her day job at Atheneum to write "Ghostroots," one of five finalists in fiction in this year's National Book Award.
PhiladelphiaPhiladelphian ’Pemi Aguda is up for one of the nation’s biggest literary prizesShe balanced her day job at Atheneum to write "Ghostroots," one of five finalists in fiction in this year's National Book Award.
ObituariesJane Rohrer, innovative poet and author, has died at 96 She used poetic expression to describe everyday objects and experiences, and was one of the first poets with a conservative Mennonite background to publish in a mainstream American literary journal.
ObituariesJane Rohrer, innovative poet and author, has died at 96 She used poetic expression to describe everyday objects and experiences, and was one of the first poets with a conservative Mennonite background to publish in a mainstream American literary journal.
ObituariesJim Cory, prolific author, poet, and editor, has died at 71 “Along the way, I became less interested in the poem as a vehicle for 'my story' and more interested in the poem as something to delight and surprise the reader,” he said.
ObituariesJim Cory, prolific author, poet, and editor, has died at 71 “Along the way, I became less interested in the poem as a vehicle for 'my story' and more interested in the poem as something to delight and surprise the reader,” he said.
