Penn Press at the Free Library Festival
04/17/2009
If you're in Philadelphia this weekend, please stop by the Free Library Festival and visit us at Booth #27. Booth visitors will have the opportunity to meet Penn Press staff… READ MORE
Category: Events
Maurice Jackson on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
02/23/2009
Tune in or log on to WAMU's The Kojo Nnamdi Show tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. E.S.T. to hear Maurice Jackson, author of Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father… READ MORE
Darwin’s Birthday
02/12/2009
Today is the 200th anniversary of Charles Robert Darwin's birth. Here in Philadelphia, there are many ways to celebrate, including this year's Darwin Day Free Evolutionary Teach In at the… READ MORE
Maurice Jackson Seen and Heard at the Library Company of Philadelphia
02/06/2009
Maurice Jackson, author of Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism, spoke at the Library Company of Philadelphia yesterday evening. Jackson discussed how eighteenth-century Philadelphian… READ MORE
Gilmore’s Monsters on History Channel’s Primal Fear
10/29/2008
Just in time for Halloween, David D. Gilmore, author of Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors shares his insights on the creepy in Primal Fear,… READ MORE
St. Louis and the Picture of Dorian Gray
05/30/2008
Here’s one local reaction to Colin Gordon’s Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City. "Mr. Gordon literally gives us a bird’s eye view of the worst… READ MORE
Inside and Out Weekend for Penn Press
05/13/2008
This coming weekend will be an extremely busy one for Penn Press staff. Not only to we host our annual Open House on Saturday, May 17. We’ll also be participating… READ MORE
“Do not miss ‘Chimneys and Towers'”
04/02/2008
In the April 7 Critic’s Notebook section of The New Yorker, Peter Schjedahl writes: Do not miss "Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth’s Late Paintings of Lancaster," at the Whitney, a small,… READ MORE
Who Will Win the Phillies vs. Mets Game Tickets?
03/27/2008
Congratulations to Ron Rosen of Massachusetts, winner of the fourth and final round of the Almost a Dynasty Spring Training Trivia Challenge. For having his entry drawn from all of… READ MORE
Free Tickets to a Phillies vs Mets Game are Still Up for Grabs
03/14/2008
If you love the Philadelphia Phillies and would like a couple of Section 109 tickets to a Phillies vs Met game, this is your second to last chance to get… READ MORE
