This novel originated in a place of hope and humanity: The Variety Club Camp for Handicapped Children in Worcester, Pa. I worked there for four summers, when I was an Oberlin College student in the 1970s. The camp was run by an extraordinary man named Sy Friend. Sy’s camp changed my life and the lives […]
“People who love books, we’re the last line of reason and discourse…” National Book Award winner James McBride’s newest novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store showcases the complicated and compassionate lives of the inhabitants of a small Pennsylvania town. McBride joins us to discuss the research he does, his personal connections to the book, telling stories […]
There’s nothing better than browsing our shelves and walking out with arms full of new books, and there are some we really don’t want you to miss. This August is jam-packed with amazing new titles — from moving family sagas and new novels from some of our favorite authors to explorations of our world (and beyond) […]
We’ve rounded up some great feel-good fiction to help keep us all happy and occupied. From the hilarious to the heartwarming, some old and some new, these are the best kinds of comfort reads.
How does a good man challenge a great evil? This is the question H.W. Brands — master storyteller and historian — seeks to unlock in his latest historical deep dive, The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom. During one of the most tumultuous times in American history, John Brown and Abraham Lincoln stood at a crossroads — two men moved to confront our nation’s gravest sin but […]