Literary

In her evocative, genre-defying graphic memoir, Tessa Hulls tells the story of three generations of women in her family: her Chinese grandmother, Sun Yi; her mother, Rose; and herself. Extensively researched and gorgeously rendered, Feeding Ghosts is a vivid journey into the beating heart of one family, set against the dark backdrop of Chinese history. […]

“Popular science writing at its very best.” (Kirkus Reviews) In Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life, Ferris Jabr shows us how Earth became the world we’ve known, how it is rapidly becoming a very different world, and how we will determine what kind of Earth our descendants inherit for millennia to come. Historically, […]

Special guest, Sara Behrman, as she reads her book "The Sea Hides A Seahorse" and leads us in a special Seahorse storytime. This program is made possible by a grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Based on the beautiful, National Book Award winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist, memoir by Joan Didion. This play, adapted by the author herself, recounts the year that both her husband and daughter died. It spotlights the force that grief is in our lives as well as how we can move forward through the trials of […]

Omar El Akkad’s debut novel American War was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirteen languages. His second novel, What Strange Paradise, centers on Amir, a young boy from Syria who has survived the sinking of a ship that was carrying him and other refugees, and his developing bond with Vänna, a teenage […]