The Weekly Reader

Sometimes, talent is in the blood.

Three new books that will leave you in a New York state of mind.

It’s easy to get caught up in life’s little messes and difficulties, especially as we age. Laughter may just help!

The concept of “family” can mean a variety of things to different people. What does it mean to you?

Whether you believe that technology and AI will save us or eventually ruin our lives, have we got some books for you!

The world is complicated, for all of us. Good stories can help!

Have you ever found yourself in a sticky situation, wishing you could you snap your fingers or click your heels and disappear?

In Japan they call it iyashakei – a term that can be applied to anything that is comforting and uplifting: a person, a meal, a walk in the park. These books fit the bill!

Never trust the teller, trust the tale? Not when the "teller" is as compelling as the "tale!"

The Weekly Reader's Marion Winik will be in conversation with four local writers who have been receiving raves for their new work in fiction and poetry.

World War II and its aftermath left an indelible mark on the world and inspired countless artists to try to make sense of such a calamity.

Joan Didion died in 2021, but interest in her life and work has only increased since then.

We can inherit so many things from our ancestors: physical traits, like hair and eye color, a quick temper, musical talent, a bunch of money, maybe even a big old house.

Joni Mitchell gets the biographical treatment in a pair of books as unconventional as the artist herself.

We love Short Stories, and we're going to make you love them, too.

Who hasn’t dreamed of running away, leaving it all behind, totally reinventing yourself?

Great art is often created in the wake of terrible tragedy – think Guernica, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, The Vietnam Memorial.

Great art is often created in the wake of terrible tragedy – think Guernica, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll, The Vietnam Memorial.

Remember the 1980s? Remember college? Even if you weren’t alive, or never attended university, you’ll feel like you’ve gone back in time with this week’s picks.

Coming of age can be a challenge, no matter where, or when, you do it.

Immigration is and always has been such a complex issue, you may not even realize how much it touches your everyday life.

Our Evenings, by Alan Hollinghurst, and Pony Confidential, by Chrstina Lynch

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we'd like to turn your attention to a pair of local authors whose work reflects and illuminates the world around us: The Play’s the Thing, by James Magruder, and Behind You Is the Sea, Susan Muaddi Darraj

On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we review a pair of  high-profile memoirs that reveal the complex lives of two vastly different, widely influential people: Patriot , by Alexei Navalny, and Cher: The Memoir, Part One , by Cher.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ah, December! On this edition of  The Weekly Reader , we review two new novels to help get you in the mood to celebrate the season, however, and whatever, you choose: Time of the Child , by Niall Williams, and Love You A Latke , by Amanda Elliot.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.