Books/PoetryWBUR’s Most Downloaded Podcast Episodes Of 2018Here’s a breakdown of our most downloaded episodes of 2018 (by podcast) to help you kick off your new year just right.The ARTeryDec 21, 2018Why Scrooge's Story Of Transformation Endures 175 Years After Dickens Created It"A Christmas Carol" was first published 175 years ago, but it continues to be performed on stage and screen today. We take a look at how people still find personal...PlayThe ARTery05:05Dec 21, 2018Nakia Hill Wants Women's Stories To Have A Place In The Fabric Of BostonThis year has been a busy one for the Boston-based writer and educator, and it has also crystallized her mission.The ARTeryDec 17, 2018Porsha Olayiwola Named Boston's Next Poet LaureateOlayiwola is well known in the spoken word circuits and as poet laureate plans to "establish a youth Poet Laureate program, develop residential and workspace for writers and weave poetry...The ARTeryDec 17, 2018In A Harry Potter Podcast, A Search For Meaning In The Secular Through The SacredIn the "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" podcast, the hosts apply traditional religious reading practices to "Harry Potter" chapters in pursuit of larger meaning and life lessons.The ARTeryDec 12, 201815 Books That Ask What It Means To Be Free In 2018In looking at her favorite books of the year, critic Annalisa Quinn found a recurring theme: freedom -- whether to live without fear, to tell your own story, or to...The ARTeryDec 4, 2018In A Rapidly Changing World, 'The Little House' Endures"The Little House," written by the Gloucester author and illustrator Virginia Lee Burton, won the Caldecott medal and became a hit in Japan. Now the popular children's book is the...PlayThe ARTery04:18Nov 21, 201810 Books By Local Authors Of Color To Gift For The HolidaysHere are my favorite books by authors with Boston-area ties. Most were released this year. Others are oldies, but goodies.The ARTeryNov 21, 20188 Cookbooks From New England Authors For Everyone On Your Gift ListHere are our top picks for the foodies and readers in your life, with local flair. The ARTeryNov 20, 2018'Freshwater' Writer Akwaeke Emezi Reclaims Afro-Indigenous Spirituality Beyond Fable Or MythologyThe reclamation of Afro-indigenous ontology and staking it as truth can be the beginning of an individual’s spiritual revolution.The ARTeryOct 10, 2018'Wherever He Was Felt Like The Center Of The Universe': Writers Remember Poet William CorbettPoet Bill Corbett, who died last Friday at the age of 75, is being remembered as an aficionado of friendships.The ARTeryAug 17, 2018William Corbett, Esteemed Poet And Longtime Boston Resident, Dies At 75William Corbett, an award-winning poet with ties to Harvard and MIT, died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The ARTeryAug 10, 2018Data Reveals Fewer Women Contributors At Boston ReviewNew statistics showing a steep and sudden reversal in gender parity at the Boston Review, a New England literary institution, are raising questions about the status of women at the...The ARTeryAug 9, 2018Hemingway Short Story Finally Published, 60 Years After His Death"A Room on the Garden Side" is one of five short stories Ernest Hemingway wrote based on his experiences in World War II. PlayThe ARTery04:16Aug 6, 2018Donald Hall Found The Glory Of Brief GraceIn one well-known poem, the late Hall gave us the image of Ted Williams playing in the outfield during an old timers’ game.PlayThe ARTery02:47Jun 25, 2018Greater Boston Writers Organize To Defend Freedom Of Expression In Trump EraInspired by a national movement started in 2017, a group of Boston writers are rallying to celebrate resistance and persistence this weekend at the Boston Public Library.The ARTeryJun 22, 2018In His Latest Book, Jon Meacham Explores 'The Soul Of America'Meacham dives deeply into America’s proud and not-so-proud past, writing about the discord that has been a pretty constant presence in America throughout its existence. The ARTeryJun 15, 2018In Debut Novel, Meghan MacLean Weir's 'The Book Of Essie' Explores A Life Of Uninterrupted SpotlightThe book follows the lives of the pious, attractive and ever-growing Hicks family and their New Light megachurch – a family that seems like a mashup of the Kardashians and...The ARTeryJun 12, 20183 Editors Resign Over Boston Review's Decision To Retain Author Junot DíazPoetry editors Timothy Donnelly, Barbara Fischer and Stefania Heim said on Twitter last week they're "dismayed" and are stepping down July 1.The ARTeryJun 11, 2018Stephen King Honored With PEN Award For Literary ServiceKing has a long history of supporting literacy and liberal causes and was remembered Tuesday for a special act of courage and solidarity. The ARTeryMay 23, 2018 Previous PageNext Page
WBUR’s Most Downloaded Podcast Episodes Of 2018Here’s a breakdown of our most downloaded episodes of 2018 (by podcast) to help you kick off your new year just right.The ARTeryDec 21, 2018
Why Scrooge's Story Of Transformation Endures 175 Years After Dickens Created It"A Christmas Carol" was first published 175 years ago, but it continues to be performed on stage and screen today. We take a look at how people still find personal...PlayThe ARTery05:05Dec 21, 2018
Nakia Hill Wants Women's Stories To Have A Place In The Fabric Of BostonThis year has been a busy one for the Boston-based writer and educator, and it has also crystallized her mission.The ARTeryDec 17, 2018
Porsha Olayiwola Named Boston's Next Poet LaureateOlayiwola is well known in the spoken word circuits and as poet laureate plans to "establish a youth Poet Laureate program, develop residential and workspace for writers and weave poetry...The ARTeryDec 17, 2018
In A Harry Potter Podcast, A Search For Meaning In The Secular Through The SacredIn the "Harry Potter and the Sacred Text" podcast, the hosts apply traditional religious reading practices to "Harry Potter" chapters in pursuit of larger meaning and life lessons.The ARTeryDec 12, 2018
15 Books That Ask What It Means To Be Free In 2018In looking at her favorite books of the year, critic Annalisa Quinn found a recurring theme: freedom -- whether to live without fear, to tell your own story, or to...The ARTeryDec 4, 2018
In A Rapidly Changing World, 'The Little House' Endures"The Little House," written by the Gloucester author and illustrator Virginia Lee Burton, won the Caldecott medal and became a hit in Japan. Now the popular children's book is the...PlayThe ARTery04:18Nov 21, 2018
10 Books By Local Authors Of Color To Gift For The HolidaysHere are my favorite books by authors with Boston-area ties. Most were released this year. Others are oldies, but goodies.The ARTeryNov 21, 2018
8 Cookbooks From New England Authors For Everyone On Your Gift ListHere are our top picks for the foodies and readers in your life, with local flair. The ARTeryNov 20, 2018
'Freshwater' Writer Akwaeke Emezi Reclaims Afro-Indigenous Spirituality Beyond Fable Or MythologyThe reclamation of Afro-indigenous ontology and staking it as truth can be the beginning of an individual’s spiritual revolution.The ARTeryOct 10, 2018
'Wherever He Was Felt Like The Center Of The Universe': Writers Remember Poet William CorbettPoet Bill Corbett, who died last Friday at the age of 75, is being remembered as an aficionado of friendships.The ARTeryAug 17, 2018
William Corbett, Esteemed Poet And Longtime Boston Resident, Dies At 75William Corbett, an award-winning poet with ties to Harvard and MIT, died Friday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The ARTeryAug 10, 2018
Data Reveals Fewer Women Contributors At Boston ReviewNew statistics showing a steep and sudden reversal in gender parity at the Boston Review, a New England literary institution, are raising questions about the status of women at the...The ARTeryAug 9, 2018
Hemingway Short Story Finally Published, 60 Years After His Death"A Room on the Garden Side" is one of five short stories Ernest Hemingway wrote based on his experiences in World War II. PlayThe ARTery04:16Aug 6, 2018
Donald Hall Found The Glory Of Brief GraceIn one well-known poem, the late Hall gave us the image of Ted Williams playing in the outfield during an old timers’ game.PlayThe ARTery02:47Jun 25, 2018
Greater Boston Writers Organize To Defend Freedom Of Expression In Trump EraInspired by a national movement started in 2017, a group of Boston writers are rallying to celebrate resistance and persistence this weekend at the Boston Public Library.The ARTeryJun 22, 2018
In His Latest Book, Jon Meacham Explores 'The Soul Of America'Meacham dives deeply into America’s proud and not-so-proud past, writing about the discord that has been a pretty constant presence in America throughout its existence. The ARTeryJun 15, 2018
In Debut Novel, Meghan MacLean Weir's 'The Book Of Essie' Explores A Life Of Uninterrupted SpotlightThe book follows the lives of the pious, attractive and ever-growing Hicks family and their New Light megachurch – a family that seems like a mashup of the Kardashians and...The ARTeryJun 12, 2018
3 Editors Resign Over Boston Review's Decision To Retain Author Junot DíazPoetry editors Timothy Donnelly, Barbara Fischer and Stefania Heim said on Twitter last week they're "dismayed" and are stepping down July 1.The ARTeryJun 11, 2018
Stephen King Honored With PEN Award For Literary ServiceKing has a long history of supporting literacy and liberal causes and was remembered Tuesday for a special act of courage and solidarity. The ARTeryMay 23, 2018
