Dec 27 4 more books our critics loved this year By Travis Daub What were the best books of 2016? Best-selling authors Jacqueline Woodson and Daniel Pink shared their favorites on our show, but we couldn't fit all their picks. Here are 4 more favorites. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 4:29 Watch Bruce Springsteen read from his autobiography By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 19 Watch The new librarian of Congress on the value of ‘free information’ By PBS News Hour The Library of Congress has a new chief: Carla Hayden. Most of her predecessors in the role have come from scholarly institutions, but Hayden is a librarian through and through. She is also the first woman and the first African… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 7:39 Novelist Ann Patchett on how independent bookstores build community By PBS News Hour If you shop at the East Nashville Farmers’ Market you can buy fruits and vegetables; but you can also meet a famous author with a stop by the traveling bookmobile. Ann Patchett is a co-owner of the Parnassus Books, founded… Continue watching
Sep 02 Luddites rejoice! Americans still prefer printed books By Joshua Barajas The printed book remains the popular choice for readers over their digital counterparts, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center. Continue reading
May 12 Watch 6:55 A dad learns to ‘Love That Boy’ when son diagnosed with Asperger’s By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 09 WATCH: Jeffrey Brown interviews authors at LA Times Festival of Books By artsdesk More than 500 authors are set to appear at the LA Times Festival of Books this weekend for one of the largest literary events of the year. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 6:14 A chronicle of Afghanistan’s modern-day Romeo and Juliet By PBS News Hour Zakia and Ali are Afghanistan’s Romeo and Juliet -- with all the heartache that description implies. Separated by religion, ethnicity and their own families, the young couple defied them all by eloping. Rod Nordland of the New York Times chronicles… Continue watching
Dec 23 10 books we loved in 2015 By artsdesk 2015 brought a number of great additions to the literary world, and as the year winds down we wanted to share some of our favorites with you. Continue reading
Dec 21 Watch Jennifer Close and Daniel Pink share their favorite books of 2015 By Corinne Segal Continue watching