Vikram Paralkar Discusses Operating on the Unknown in Night Theater
Vikram Paralkar’s new novel is Night Theater. He spoke with Scott Stein on January 24, 2020. (This interview might contain […]
An Entertaining Mystery Grapples with the Brutal Truth of Slavery on a Fantasy Island
A beguiling experience, Kacen Callender’s Queen of the Conquered is at one and the same time a vacation on a tropical island, a voyage confronting the historical experience of slavery, and a delicate and nuanced exploration of the contemporary issue of what it may mean to be “woke.”
An Excellent and Important Analysis of Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia
Historian and native Philadelphian Timothy J. Lombardo contextualizes and explains Rizzo’s political career and his supporters’ motivations in his 2018 book Blue-Collar Conservatism: Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia and Populist Politics.
Poems That Beg to be Written
These suggestions grab the imagination and keep it engaged.
Magically Real Dilemmas Best Read in One Sitting
To what extent would you go to preserve life? What about quality of life?
Analyzing The Memoirs of Wendell W Young III
Young’s memoirs include a secondary focus on local — and to a lesser degree, national — politics, specifically as the candidates supported labor or other progressive causes.
New Release: The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg
Happy book birthday to The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg, director of Blue Stoop, a hub for literary Philadelphia! […]
New Release: The Hand On The Wall by Maureen Johnson
Happy book birthday to The Hand On The Wall by born and raised Philadelphia author Maureen Johnson!
New Release: Night Theater by Vikram Paralkar
Happy book birthday to Night Theater by Philadelphia-based author Vikram Paralkar!
New Release: You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley
Happy book birthday to You Were There Too by Colleen Oakley! Acclaimed author Colleen Oakley delivers a heart-wrenching and unforgettable love […]