Books
New book explores what makes a 'Good Grandpa'
In "Good Grandpa," Ted Page tells stories of his own life and shares wisdom and thoughts from other grandfathers.
A breakdown of Beacon Hill's proposed deal to bar advocates
Massachusetts lawmakers agreed to a plan that would raise pay rates for public defender bar advocates by $20 an hour over two years. However, that's less than the attorneys have...
'Anything's Pastable,' says Dan Pashman of 'The Sporkful'
Dan Pashman created the award-winning podcast "The Sporkful" and invented a new shape of pasta.
Encore: The Unselfish Shellfish
Eric Bauza (Bugs Bunny Builders, Woody Woodpecker) and Harry Shum Jr. (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Crazy Rich Asians) star in an Indonesian story about a bad egg who winds...
Encore: The Unselfish Shellfish
Eric Bauza (Bugs Bunny Builders, Woody Woodpecker) and Harry Shum Jr. (Everything Everywhere All At Once, Crazy Rich Asians) star in an Indonesian story about a bad egg who winds...
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Chef Eric Adjepong wants to bring the flavors of 'Ghana to the World'
We revisit our conversation with Food Network host and "Top Chef" finalist Eric Adjepong about his cookbook "Ghana to the World: Recipes and Stories That Look Forward While Honoring the...
10 beach reads to make your summer sizzle
Summer is the season of beach reads when it’s socially acceptable to tear through bodice rippers in public. Here are 10 romance recommendations to spice up your reading list.
Debut novel 'Jamaica Road' explores identity and coming of age in 1980s Britain
It centers around Daphne, a British-Jamaican girl growing up in 1980s London and her relationship with a Jamaican boy, Connie, who is in Britain illegally.
Claire Keegan's 'Small Things Like These' reenters the zeitgeist
It was selected for Oprah Winfrey's book club and made into a film starring Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy.
Katie Yee's debut novel 'Maggie' combines humor and crisis
The book uses humor to tell a story of a disintegrating marriage and a breast cancer diagnosis.
Join Here & Now's summer book club
Do you want to join in the fun of a summer book club? We've got you covered.
Liven up your next road trip with these audiobook suggestions
Traci Thomas, host and creator of the podcast "The Stacks," shares audiobook suggestions of both classic and newer works.
Encore: The Missing Mountainside
Karen Huie (Welcome to Flatch, Abominable and the Invisible City), stars in a Taiwanese tale about the bad taste it can leave when you bite off more than you can...
Encore: The Missing Mountainside
Karen Huie (Welcome to Flatch, Abominable and the Invisible City), stars in a Taiwanese tale about the bad taste it can leave when you bite off more than you can...
Stand up comic Matteo Lane says 'Your Pasta Sucks' and has a cookbook to back it up
The book is part-memoir, part-cookbook with recipes and stories about Matteo Lane's deep love for pasta, which was fostered by growing up in an Italian family.
Two new novels offer page-turning summer escapes
WBUR book critic Carol Iaciofano Aucoin reviews Sarah MacLean's sophisticated romance "These Summer Storms" and Megan Miranda's intricate psychological thriller "You Belong Here." Both novels feature women who have to...
Reflecting on the Scopes trial, 100 years later
Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of evolution because it contradicted the Bible.
Former NPR 'Only A Game' host Bill Littlefield pens 'Who Taught That Mouse to Write?'
"Who Taught That Mouse to Write and Other Doggerel," a collection of animal rhymes illustrated by Stephen Coren.
Does the foster care system endanger children? New book 'Wards of the State' asks that question
More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state — that means the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children.
Encore: The Mountain Guardian
Audrey Hsieh (Here Today, Mixtape) and Alonzo Bodden (Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!, Who's Paying Attention) headline this Tibetan tale about two family members who are rewarded appropriately by a...