Tagged Literature
Break Out Your Garlic Necklaces and Wooden Stakes for Bram Stoker's Bday!
by Michelle Sheffer Today marks Irish writer Bram Stoker ’s 171st birthday. Author of Dracula —the inspiration for many a nightmare and pop-culture meme over the past two centuries—Stoker compiled and wrote his iconic…
Shakespeare In the World Lecture Series
The Fool in King Lear advised "Speak less than thou knowest" – but it's good the speakers at this year’s Shakespeare in the World lecture series aren’t following his advice. If you’re …
Join The Rosenbach for a Marathon Reading of Moby-Dick!
If you’ve ever joined our friends at The Rosenbach for Bloomsday , you know how fun (and slightly surreal) it can be to hear a book read aloud over an extended period of time. Well, the next Bloomsday may be several months off…
An American Author in Paris
"For two centuries," writes The New Yorker essayist Adam Gopnik in the preface of his 2004 collection Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology , "Paris has been attached for Americans to an idea of happiness, of good…
Adult Book Club
Do love reading and talking about what you are reading? Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Go Tell it on the Mountain , by…
Hands-on History at The Free Library, Parkway Central
In coordination with Tempesta di Mare GREAT BOOKS Classic Tales for Orchestra , Hands-on History explores literary masterpieces in Western literature that have inspired outstanding musical compositions. A selection…
Adult Book Club
Do love reading and talking about what you are reading? Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Trevor Noah: Born a Crime…
Adult Book Club
Do love reading and talking about what you are reading? Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is An American Marriage , by…
First Monday Writers Group
Are you a writer who needs some motivation and encouragement? We can provide this, as well as technical skills and information that can direct you towards completing tasks for publication and discovery. A great…
Shakespeare in the World Lecture Series: Shakespeare and the Law
Lecture will be held in Room 405. It's often said that people "bargain in the shadow of the law." But they also write in that same legal shadow. Shakespeare's plays are enriched by the legal culture in…
Get on the Bus!
Children will read Last Stop on Market Street , discuss their own bus experiences, and create 3D paper buses to drive along a large map of Philadelphia bus routes.
Book To Movie Night-
Our first film series for 2019 asks the question: what was better, the book or the movie? Jane Eyre will be the second movie of this four-part series. The movie will begin promptly at 6:00 pm. Please register at…
Book Discussion: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sit down at your local library to discuss this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, a novel about family and time. Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come…
Book Discussion: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sit down at your local library to discuss this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, a novel about family and time. Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come…
Book Discussion: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sit down at your local library to discuss this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, a novel about family and time. Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come…
Adult Book Club
Do love reading and talking about what you are reading? Join us on the 2nd Friday of the month for our book club - we'll be meeting from 10:30 a.m. until noon. This month's selection is Stay With Me , by Ayobami…
Book Discussion: Ghost Boys
Sit down at your local library to discuss social injustice and its role in Jewell Parker Rhodes’ novel, Ghost Boys . Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come basis.…
Get on the Bus!
Children will read Last Stop on Market Street , discuss their own bus experiences, and create 3D paper buses to drive along a large map of Philadelphia bus routes.
Book Discussion: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sit down at your local library to discuss this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, a novel about family and time. Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come…
Book Discussion: Ghost Boys
Sit down at your local library to discuss social injustice and its role in Jewell Parker Rhodes’ novel, Ghost Boys . Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come basis.…
Get on the Bus!
Children will read Last Stop on Market Street , discuss their own bus experiences, and create 3D paper buses to drive along a large map of Philadelphia bus routes.
First Monday Writers Group
Are you a writer who needs some motivation and encouragement? We can provide this, as well as technical skills and information that can direct you towards completing tasks for publication and discovery. A great…
Book Discussion: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sit down at your local library to discuss this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, a novel about family and time. Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come…
Book Discussion: Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sit down at your local library to discuss this year’s One Book, One Philadelphia selection, a novel about family and time. Reading the book beforehand is not required to join! Free books will be given out on a first-come…
Poetry in Translation
Take pleasure in reading poets from other languages and cultures.
Poetry - Novels in Verse
Poetry with special appeal for tweens and teens.
Poetry - Great Contemporary Poetry
Selections from the Literature Department.
Research in Context *
Discover reliable and trusted information on a variety of topics to support middle school student research for government, U.S and world history, geography, literature, sciences, and social issues. Research In Context offers…
LitFinder *
Discover literature content from more than 150,000 full-text poems, 840,000 poem citations and excerpts, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays published in the 16th-20th centuries, 2,400 full-text speeches, and…
Kids InfoBits *
Elementary students in kindergarten through grade five will find age-appropriate content covering a broad range of educational topics such as animals, arts, geography, health, literature, people, social studies, technology, etc. Kids…
InfoTrac Student Edition *
High school students will have access to age-appropriate content from magazines, journals, newspapers, reference books, and engaging multi-media covering a wide range of subjects, from science, history, and literature to political…
Books & Authors *
Discover fiction and non-fiction books that match your interests! Books and Authors (powered by Gale's popular What Do I Read Next? series) is for readers from every level of reading proficiency and enables users to explore the endless…
Academic OneFile *
More than 18,000 peer-reviewed journals and more than 9,200 in full text Full text of The Economist ranging from 1988 to the present, with no embargo Full text of The New York Times from 1985 to present, updated daily Full text of The…
Bestsellers
Find out about the latest bestsellers from many well known resources.