Topic: Books
“You Don’t Recycle Your Way Out of a Wildfire”
How a path of collective bargaining and self-determination can save us from an AI apocalypse, according to technology activist and author Cory Doctorow
By Malcolm Burnley
Natasha Agarwal
Five years after collecting her first donations, Penn student Natasha Agarwal is celebrating 250,000 books distributed to young readers.
By Diemmy Dang
What Six Years of the Velshi Banned Book Club Taught Us
The MS Now host and Citizen board member looks back at American book bans and has some final thoughts.
By Ali Velshi
Letters To My Murdered Brother
In Brother Epistles, set to be released this month, Dr. Shanda McManus delves into her decades-long grief after losing her brother to a shooting, and examines the forces shaping the lives of other young Black men.
By Mensah M. Dean
Cory Doctorow’s The Reverse Centaur’s Guide To Life After AI Book Launch
Join The Citizen on June 25 to hear from the bestselling author and critic about making AI work for humans — not the other way around
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Books for Every Pennsylvania Child
Like 22 other states, the PA House passed a Montco Rep’s bill to encourage reading in every household. The inspiration? Dolly Parton
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Fighting Black Erasure
Penn professor Sarah Jackson’s new book chronicles the radical acts of Black media-makers who, recognized or not, have shaped the American Experiment over the past 250 years.
By Malcolm Burnley
Philadelphia — A Walk Through History
Looking for a new way to see your city? A Citizen contributor's new book on Philly walking tours focuses on the people behind the places — including history-making women
By Natalie Pompilio
Sara Novic’s Mother Tongue
The Philadelphia writer on her new memoir on becoming deaf, parenting a deaf child, and the history of deaf culture in the United States
By Courtney DuChene
The Man Who Paid for America
What we learned from author, businessman and Citizen supporter Richard Vague about Thomas Willing, America’s first banker
By Courtney DuChene