Literature

Kurt Vonnegut Art

Author Kurt Vonnegut's rarely seen drawings are on display at Drexel

Penn professor, the first woman to translate 'The Odyssey' into English, now breathes new life into 'The Iliad'

Iliad translation penn

Indie bookstore Lot 49 moves to Fishtown amid a revival of small booksellers in the neighborhood

Aaron Sorkin's adaptation of 'To Kill A Mockingbird' opens at the Academy of Music

To Kill a Mockingbird Philadelphia

Pennsylvania schools have banned books more often than every state but Texas since last summer

Pennsylvania Book Bans

Bucks County Playhouse to host show by 'Sex and the City' creator Candace Bushnell

Mt. Joy's Matt Quinn covers Grateful Dead ahead of Philly Music Festival

matt quinn mt. joy

Penn professor among 26 MacArthur Foundation 'genius grant' winners

Penn Emily Wilson genius grant

Will Smith's 'Fresh Prince' inspires new children's book series

Fresh prince screen shot

Philly book publisher reimagines classic novels with Gritty as star

Charles Bukowski’s old Fairmount bar is back on the market once more

17th Spot Charles Bukowski Fairmount

GOAT, antifa, bingeable and mansplain among new words added to dictionary in 2018

Dictionary

A Novel Idea, a new community bookstore headed for Passyunk, opens this weekend

novel idea passyunk

The next 'One Book, One Philadelphia' selection is by a two-time National Book Award winner

Philly writer Carmen Maria Machado honored at National Book Awards

The 2018 'One Book, One Philadelphia' pick is here

Central Branch Free Library of Philadelphia

Rosenbach hosting Edgar Allan Poe reading on Friday the 13th

Details revealed for ‘Creative Quest,’ a new book from Questlove

Why do romance novels get such a bad reputation?

A Love Restrained

Poetry takes wing in Philadelphia

Yolanda Wisher

Revisit classic literature with three book events this fall

Books

'Phantom Tollbooth' author to sign books at Rosenbach Museum

View 'Dracula' author's hand-written notes at the Rosenbach Museum

Drexel professor's new book: it's impossible to be vegetarian

Andrew Smith

Explore the history of wine in literature at the Rosenbach Museum

Wine

Writer Paul Lisicky reflects on love, friendship, and Philadelphia’s place inside 'The Narrow Door'

Paul Lisicky

Yolanda Wisher announced as Philadelphia's third poet laureate

Yolanda Wisher

Infrequently Asked Questions: What is slash fiction?

Celebrate Edgar Allan Poe's 207th birthday with a detective story

Edgar Allan Poe

Five for Friday: Donna Frisby-Greenwood

Donna Frisby-Greenwood

Locust Moon launches Kickstarter to publish never-before-seen Eisner comics

Kickstarter Eisner Plates

Poe & Philadelphia: How the city shaped history's spookiest writer

Edgar Allen Poe

Infrequently Asked Questions: Where do books from closed libraries go?

South Philadelphia Library Construction

12 Philly-centric books to read this summer

Carroll - Center City Skyscrapers

'Watchman' prompts new questions for teaching 'Mockingbird'

Seven poets keeping the rhythmic tradition alive in Philadelphia

Poetry

16 influential Philadelphians share their summer reading lists

Summer Reading

Juan Felipe Herrera named first Latino U.S. poet laureate

Bloomsday gathers literary set to celebrate James Joyce

Bloomsday

Five for Friday: Brian Abrams

Brian Abrams

Meet typedrummer, a program that translates words into drum beats

typedrummer you're fired

Art Sanctuary celebrates black writing with month of events

CBW2014

10 April events for Philadelphia bookworms

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