The WBUR Read-In

From WBUR's arts and culture team, a series of book recommendations tied to topics happening in the news and the world around us.

The WBUR Read-In: From the desks of Black women

Arts Reporting Fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books from Black women authors about the lives of Black women.

Arts & Culture

Feb 17, 2023

Arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams highlights books about the right to choose and our reality without it.. (Courtesy the book publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: 50 years after Roe

Arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books about the right to choose and our reality without it.

Arts & Culture

Jan 25, 2023

The WBUR Read-In: Time and transformation

Arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books looking at the passage of time, memories and self-reflection.

Arts & Culture

Jan 11, 2023

Members of the newsroom share the books they read while reporting the news. (Courtesy of the book publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: Books from the newsroom

Members from the WBUR newsroom share their favorite books they read while reporting the news this year.

Arts & Culture

Dec 19, 2022

The WBUR Read-In: Life online

Arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books about how our lives have been impacted by the internet.

Arts & Culture

Nov 2, 2022

The WBUR Read-In: Borders and belonging

Arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books on borders and belonging.

Arts & Culture

Oct 19, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books by Iranian women and on global feminism. (Courtesy of the book publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books from Iranian women and on global feminism.

Arts & Culture

Sep 30, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books about the cost of higher education. (Courtesy of the book publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: The cost of higher education

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books about the creation of student loans and the social class inside of higher education.

Arts & Culture

Aug 31, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books highlighting the importance of public transportation and the magic of it. (Courtesy of the book publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: The trouble with transit

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends books highlighting the importance of public transportation and the magic of it.

Arts & Culture

Aug 17, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books about the history of the Appalachia region. (Courtesy of the book publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: High water in Appalachia

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends books about the history of the Appalachia region.

Arts & Culture

Aug 3, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books that deal with extreme weather and drought. (Courtesy of the book publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: Wishing for rain

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends books that deal with extreme weather and drought.

Arts & Culture

Jul 22, 2022

The WBUR Read-In: Utopia

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books on utopia, world-building and reimagining.

Arts & Culture

Jul 6, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books to read on artist displacement. (Courtesy the publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: Struggling artists

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books on artist displacement.

Arts & Culture

Jun 22, 2022

The WBUR Read-In: On love

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books to read about all kinds of love.

Arts & Culture

Jun 8, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books to read where heat plays a central role. (Courtesy the publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: Heat waves

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books that use heat as a literary device.

Arts & Culture

May 25, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books to read celebrating AAPI month. (Courtesy the publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month

WBUR fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Arts & Culture

May 11, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books to read on the theme of climate change. (Courtesy the publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: Our changing climate

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books on climate change.

Arts & Culture

Apr 27, 2022

WBUR arts and culture fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books to read on the theme of bearing witness. (Courtesy the publishers)

The WBUR Read-In: Bearing witness

In the first installment in our series, WBUR fellow Lauren Williams recommends three books to read on the theme of bearing witness.

Arts & Culture

Apr 12, 2022