Topic: Books
Arts, Culture and Brotherly Love
Gregory Walker’s Harlem Renaissance-style salons for The Brother’s Network invite Black men to celebrate their art, knowledge and greatness. Join them Friday for a book talk about race in America
By James PetersonAli Velshi Banned Book Club on North Dakota’s Anti-Library Crusade
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Taylor Brorby, author of Boys and Oil, who found safe haven in books and libraries growing up. Unfortunately today's kids may not have that luxury.
By Ali VelshiKing’s Chester Years
In an excerpt from the bestselling King: A Life, the iconic moral leader attends Chester’s Crozer Theological Seminary, takes part in his first civil rights confrontation (in a Maple Shade, New Jersey bar!) and loses his heart … to a White woman
By Jonathan EigWho is Richard Vague?
The banker, policy advisor, author and all-around renaissance man on how he got to where he is — and why he’s obsessed with personal debt
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyAli Velshi Banned Book Club on The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Stephen Chobsky, whose classic The Perks of Being a Wallflower has literally stopped suicides
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Banned Book Club on The Bell Jar
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member interviews Emily Van Duyne, Sylvia Plath expert and author of the upcoming book Loving Sylvia Plath
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Banned Book Club on how LGBTQ+ Books Literally Save Lives
The MSNBC host talks with PFLAG CEO Brian Bond on the role LGBTQ+ books play in the community and the harm book bans are doing
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Banned Book Club Revisits a Palestinian Jewish Love Story
The MSNBC host talks with All the Rivers author Dorit Rubinyan about love across boundaries and the aspiration to coexist
By Ali VelshiThe Ultimate Citizen Reading List
Catch up on the books written by this year’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival speakers — along with some of our all-time favorite tomes for anyone who lives in, or simply loves, cities
By Jessica Blatt PressAli Velshi Banned Book Club on … Florida
The MSNBC host speaks with bestselling authors Michael Connelly and David Baldacci about why they're standing up against book banning in Florida
By Ali Velshi