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I recently read four books you might enjoy. All of them concern the mystifying intersections where humans and animals all too often collide.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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2/3/22
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The event last year marked a soft opening for the used bookstore. For a $5 donation, the Friends will set you up on a Blind Date with a Book.
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by Laura Lucas, Friends of Chestnut Hill Library Board Member
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1/27/22
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Chestnut Hill resident Tony DePaul's crime novels is full of references to Northwest Philadelphia locations. They definitely make the events seem more relatable.
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by Len Lear
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1/26/22
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In Woke Racism, McWhorter takes on quite a few sacred cows, including affirmative action. Needless to say, all of this makes McWhorter a bit of a lightning rod on social media, where he gets pilloried by some and praised by others.
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by Len Lear
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1/21/22
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Based on a true story, Chestnut Hill author Alfred O'Neill Jr. has just written “…an intriguing crime story packed with shady characters, double-dealing and violence … Alby and …
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by Len Lear
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1/14/22
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Long-time Chestnut Hill resident Dr. George L. Spaeth is arguably the most renowned ophthalmologist in the world. The Director Emeritus of the Glaucoma Service at Wills Eye Hospital received his …
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by Len Lear
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1/6/22
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Doug Wechsler, who has written 24 previous books about nature and the animal world and has taken most of the photos in them, specializes in researching information that is not widely known to the public.
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by Len Lear
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1/5/22
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Chestnut Hill resident Miles Orvell may be more intrigued by urban ruins than any other subject.
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by Len Lear
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12/31/21
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Over the decades I have dealt with quite a few stock brokers promoting one stock or another. I often wondered why these brokers, if they are so smart and prescient about their analyses, don't quit their day jobs and start investing their own money full-time in all of these stocks they are so sure will hit home runs.
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by Len Lear
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12/31/21
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Though I strive each year to read 100 books, I fail more often than succeed. This year I managed 60. I don't know why.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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12/30/21
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Julia Blumenreich, a Germantown Academy fourth grade teacher, has written “The What of Underfoot” in which her poetry explores the effect of grief, loss, world politics and the relationship of nature to our lives and the lives of children.
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by Len Lear
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12/17/21
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Longtime Mt. Airy resident Karen Bojar, professor emerita of English and Women's Studies at the Community College of Philadelphia, has been thinking for 20 years about the issues explored in her new book, “Feminist Organizing Across the Generations.”
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by Len Lear
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12/15/21
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Maggie King, who appeared on the surface to “have it all,” now says she was keeping yet another explosive secret. Starting at age 16, she began drinking vodka heavily, to the point where she realized she was an alcoholic.
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by Len Lear
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12/10/21
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During a recent interview with Mt. Airy professor and author Kyla Schuller, she urged me to read a new book, “The Days of Afrekete” and to interview the author, Asali Solomon, because “the entire book takes place in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, and it is a very good book.”
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by Len Lear
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12/9/21
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Kyla Schuller could not be more pleasant, upbeat, scholarly, unpretentious and delightful to chat with. In other words, she is the last person one would expect to be a lightning rod for controversy.
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by Len Lear
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12/2/21
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On Thursday, Dec. 9, the Friends of Chestnut Hill Library are holding a Bibliophile Winterfest Reception from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at Mimi’s Café at 184 East Evergreen Ave.
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by Laura Lucas, Friends of Chestnut Hill Library Fundraising Chair
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12/2/21
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Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” is one of the most beloved novels in the canon of Western literature, and a staple of holiday reading. Dickens never wrote a sequel.
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by Len Lear
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11/18/21
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Theroux's observations about travel and literature are well made and worth mentioning, but the book's appeal lies with its people.
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by Hugh Gilmore
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11/18/21
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Chestnut Hill poet, author and college professor Martin Wiley has a new book of poetry, “Just/More,” that “reflects the joys and pains of being a Black father in these times.”
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by Len Lear
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11/5/21
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Most children can't possibly imagine what career they will eventually pursue as adults (except maybe for Major League baseball players or U.S. President), but from the time Mt. Airy resident Jennifer …
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by Len Lear
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11/3/21
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