The University of Pennsylvania's Kelly Writers House hosted a book launch and reading for 'The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks.' Anndee Hochman was there.

Camille Paglia, Philadelphia’s own iconoclast, tears into some heavy subjects, including feminism, religion, and culture, in a new essay collection and Free Library appearance. Stephen Silver reviews.

‘Never Caught’ unearths the true story of a woman who took her life into her own hands rather than remain George Washington's slave. Alaina Mabaso reviews.

'A Piece of the World' brings to life the enigmatic psychological landscape of the title character of Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting, 'Christina’s World.' Courtenay Harris Bond reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer's The Little Gate Crasher recalls the author's great-uncle, a celebrity photographer and star in his own Lehigh Valley community. A.D. Amorosi reviews.

The kickoff of the Free Library's One Book, One Philadelphia event celebrated and discussed Mark Haddon's 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' with some of the city's favorite authors. Margaret Darby was there.

In Jere Krakoff's satirical novel 'Something Is Rotten in Fettig,' a kosher butcher finds himself tossed into a bureaucratic and legal meat grinder. Stacia Friedman reviews.

Carli Lloyd is a soccer player, not an artist, but the overall pattern of her career might look familiar to many musicians. Tom Purdom reviews her autobiography, 'When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World'

Anndee Hochman recalls the bookstores — women's places — that gave her knowledge, safety, and sisterhood, and honors a few that remain.

In ‘Shutter Man,’ the newest novel of Richard Montanari’s Byrne-Balzano murder-mystery series, a serial killer killer stalks Philadelphia’s “Devil’s Pocket” section. Bob Ingram reviews.