Unbound Pages: Banned-book clubs unite readers and activists of all ages
We speak with three founders of banned-book clubs about why they decided to create reader groups to encourage the freedom to read in their communities.
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Garrard Conley hopes to 'unerase' queer history in Puritan New England with 'All the World Beside'
The "Boy Erased" author joins GBH News to discuss his new novel, "All the World Beside." -
Journalist Sarah Gristwood delved into women's diaries for new book 'Secret Voices'
For her new book “Secret Voices: A Year of Women’s Diaries,” journalist and historian Sarah Gristwood spent time doing something that some people consider verboten: Reading other people’s private writings. -
Author Brad Meltzer on 'I am Ruth Bader Ginsburg' and what makes a hero
The late Supreme Court justice would have turned 91 years old on March 15. -
Diane Foley releases book on confronting one of her son's killers
Journalist James Foley was executed by militants of the Islamic State group in 2014. -
Dorchester author previews his new ‘psychedelic and queer’ science fiction book
“Welcome to Forever” from Nathan Tavares comes in a line of older queer love stories that Tavares is excited to see in media. -
Local author Holly Black turns it up ‘to 11’ with her fantasy writing
With a new YA book “The Prisoner’s Throne” out March 5, Black talks about her viral book “The Cruel Prince” that spawned a series. -
Despite cancelled Prudential expansion, Harvard Book Store sees bright future for independent book sellers
Independent book stores around Boston are seeing increased sales and popular in-person events. -
Taymullah Abdur-Rahman on his path from boy band singer to 'American Imam'
Abdur-Rahman details his evolution in a new memoir, "American Imam: From Pop Stardom to Prison Abolition." -
Author Mako Yoshikawa turned guilt and grief into her new memoir, 'Secrets of the Sun'
Mako Yoshikawa, director of the creative writing graduate program at Emerson College, released her memoir “Secrets of the Sun" about her complicated relationship with her father. -
Maurice Sendak delights children with new book, 12 years after his death
The late author-illustrator, creator of Pierre and Where the Wild Things Are, loved whistling, Mozart, and Mickey Mouse curios. His trademark whimsy can be found in the new book Ten Little Rabbits.
