Topic: Books
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Banned Book Club on Erasing Immigrant Stories
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with Laurence Yep about the immigrant experience in America and how important those stories are to our history
By Ali VelshiThe Truth About Immigration Book Event
A Wharton professor will share 20 years of research about the benefits of immigration for all of us at a Welcoming Center event on June 4
By Delaney ParksAli Velshi Banned Book Club Reads The Glass Castle
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with Jeannette Walls to talk about her provocative memoir and the complications and ugliness of real life
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Banned Book Club Sits Down with Randi Weingarten
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews the new president of the American Federation of Teachers about her efforts to take on book bans
By Ali VelshiEmma Eisenberg’s Local Book Recommendations
The Blue Stoop founder and author of the new novel, Housemates, on the best new books to read this summer by local authors
By Emma Copley EisenbergBuilding a City of Writerly Love
As she was writing Housemates, her new novel about creating art, Emma Copley Eisenberg helped start and foster an organization that makes it a little easier to create art in Philadelphia
By Courtney DuCheneGrace and Grit In a West Philly Boxing Gym
A local photographer’s new book features the “rich beauty” of the athletes, trainers and family of West Philly’s James Shuler Memorial Boxing Gym.
By Jano CohenAli Velshi Banned Book Club reads The Giver
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews author Lois Lowry about the dark themes in The Giver that guide young readers through discovering their humanity
By Ali VelshiSmall Acts of Courage Book Launch with Ali Velshi
The MSNBC anchor and chief correspondent debuted his memoir, a series of stories about what it means to be a citizen of a democracy
By Lauren McCutcheon