Books
These Philly-Area Mobile Bookstores Bring Their Shelves to You
A new crop of booksellers in and around Philly have found a, er, novel way to make sales: by taking their businesses on the road. […]
PBS’s Geoff Bennett Revisits the “Golden Age” of ’90s Black Sitcoms in His New Book
If your daily grind was reporting on U.S. politics, your mind would wander too. That’s partly how veteran broadcast journalist Geoff Bennett, co-anchor of the […]
Book Excerpt: The Banker Who Made America
In his new book, author and thought leader Richard Vague tells the story of Thomas Willing, the most powerful figure in U.S. history you’ve never […]
9 New and Upcoming Books With Philly Connections
Where We Keep the Light: Stories From a Life of Service by Governor Josh Shapiro Pennsylvanians (and everybody else) should probably get to know our […]
“We Owe You One”: The Sixers, the 1977 NBA Finals, and the Fight for the Future of Basketball
The 1977 NBA season was the first season following the league’s merger with its upstart cousin, the American Basketball Association. With the merger came new […]
Tom McAllister’s It All Felt Impossible Explores Growing Up in Philadelphia in 42 Essays
A few years ago, author and Rutgers-Camden professor Tom McAllister was stuck in a writing rut. In an attempt to extract himself from said rut, […]
Main Line School Board Un-Bans Banned Books After Emotional Testimony
Check phillymag.com each morning Monday through Thursday for the latest edition of Philly Today. And if you have a news tip for our hardworking Philly […]
Meet the South Philly Author Behind the New TV Show Long Bright River
South Philadelphia author Liz Moore published her novel Long Bright River in January 2020. Barack Obama loved it so much that he put it on […]
The Ultimate Guide to Queer Literature in Philadelphia
To be queer today is to live at the center of a contradiction: perhaps at no point in history have LGBTQIA+ people experienced such widespread […]
The Yuppification of Philadelphia
Like any big city, Philadelphia has been shaped by many factors through the years. Among the most significant? The impact of sophisticated, well-educated “young urban […]
10 New Books by Philly Authors to Read This Summer
With half already on the shelves and the rest on their way, these 10 new novels by local authors give you plenty of pages to […]
Ten Years After Oprah Book Pick, Philly’s Ayana Mathis Is Back
In 2012, Germantown native Ayana Mathis suddenly found herself thrust into the spotlight when Oprah Winfrey singled out her debut novel for the famous book […]
Philly Books We Love: Jenny Laden’s This Terrible True Thing
Jenny Laden had a premonition of her funeral, and drag queens were there. This was about 10 years ago, just after the Philadelphia native returned […]
The Best Books to Read This Summer
Picture this: You’re at the Shore, toes in the sand, sun on your skin. The sounds of crashing waves and cawing gulls float on the […]
This Philly Author Says Everything We Think We Know About Resilience Is Wrong
For the past three years, the word “resilience” has cropped up countless times in conversations, books, TV ads and on social media. It’s been used […]