Books

Between October 2017 and February 2020, educator, poet and Atlantic staff writer Clint Smith visited nine places in the U.S. and abroad where, as he puts it, “the story of slavery in America lives on.” We talk with Smith about his new book, How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.

Summer is here and it's time to gather books to read at the beach, the pool or wherever you go. Our panelists will provide tips on the latest literary releases.

Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

Today on All Sides Weekend Books with Christopher Purdy, we celebrate Michelle Herman, a long-time Professor of Creative Writing at OSU, and her new novel Close Up which was published earlier this week.

In the book SWEAT: A History of Exercise, author Bill Hayes tells the story of the modern obsession with exercising along with its ancient origins. We talk with Hayes about the cultural and scientific history of why and how we exercise, as well as how the human body works.

The history of women and exercise – and how we exercise – as chronicled in the new book, “Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World."

Labor unions and community organizations are partnering to give away more than 40,000 free children’s books to Ohio educators and families. The event is sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Teachers, the Central Ohio Labor Council, St. Stephen’s Community House, First Book, and the American Federation of Teachers.

Today on All Sides Weekend Author Amy Butcher joins us to talk about her new book Mothertrucker, a memoir recounting her odyssey through Alaska with the country’s only female ice road trucker.

Eunice Hunton Carter, a Black attorney, established the critical link that secured a conviction against mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1936.. We talk with the co-author of a new book that chronicles Carter’s life and legal career.

The discovery of an unpublished manuscript by an author can have a lot of reactions. We’ll look at the issues surrounding an author’s unpublished works.