WYPR Books

Life is complicated. Good stories can help!

The new book from Elaine Weiss, Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement, explores the history of educators working to advance the rights of Black Americans.

Tom talks with Max Weiss, the Editor in Chief of Baltimore Magazine.

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

The best-selling author Amor Towles talks about his book of six short stories and the novella, 'Eve in Hollywood,' collected under the title, 'Table for Two.'

Anne Frank died as a teenager in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. But she lived a second life as a historical figure following the widespread publication of her diary.

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

Jeanne Theoharis is an author of many books, and in her latest release, "King of the North," she discusses the lack of guidance and support that the Northern activists encountered during King's battles against Northern discrimination and injustice.

New York Times correspondents Luke Broadwater and Annie Karni recount a dysfunctional 118th U.S. Congress and its colorful members.

Nicolas Abram is a certified financial planner and the founder of Opulentia, a financial services company in Hunt Valley, MD.