Topic: Books

With Situated, the author of bestselling Grit reframes her famed hypothesis

The new season, for which The Citizen is a media sponsor, includes books by Emily Wilson, Jill Lepore, Malcolm Gladwell, Andy Beshear and many others

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film is based on Penn Professor Emily Wilson’s translation of Homer’s epic. A long-time university president urges everyone to see, read or listen to the story — and support humanities education

How a path of collective bargaining and self-determination can save us from an AI apocalypse, according to technology activist and author Cory Doctorow

Five years after collecting her first donations, Penn student Natasha Agarwal is celebrating 250,000 books distributed to young readers.

The MS Now host and Citizen board member looks back at American book bans and has some final thoughts.

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.

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

Like 22 other states, the PA House passed a Montco Rep’s bill to encourage reading in every household. The inspiration? Dolly Parton

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.