Books and literature

Joe Moore infiltrated the Florida KKK for the FBI back in 2007. While embedded, he helped thwart an assassination attempt on then-Sen. Barack Obama. He warns against extremism in 2024. News4’s Tony Perkins discusses the book and the history inside.

The 78-year-old country music legend has made it her mission to improve literacy through her Imagination Library book giveaway program. And in recent months, it has expanded statewide in places like Missouri and Kentucky.

Joe Moore, a former Army sniper, was embedded in the KKK reporting back to the FBI. His book, “White Robes and Broken Badges,” shares his experiences.

News4’s Jummy Olabanji visits an Alexandria, Virginia native who makes Paris her home and makes the city a home base for her business.

Edna O’Brien has died at age 93. She was one of the world’s most admired and controversial writers who scandalized her native Ireland with her debut novel, “The Country Girls,” which was censored and even burned.

Richard Behar’s new biography, “Madoff: The Final Word,” takes readers into the fraudster’s final years in prison, and all that came before.

Schools out but that doesn’t mean the pages have to stop turning. Here are some incentives to get your young ones to keep reading this summer.

Two high school students published a book they started writing during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now doing book signings and an audio book. “We wanted this book to be by Gen Z for Gen Z,” they told News4’s Megan McGrath. 

Jenny Albertini, former D.C. public health official and author of “Decluttered: Mindful Organizing for Health, Home, and Beyond,” discusses her thought process behind her book. News4’s Erika Gonzalez has the story. 

Mom releases new children’s book “One Step at a Time” to promote acceptance of physical differences.

Author Allen R. Wells talks about his children’s book, “It’s Pride, Baby!,” which is set during gay Black pride celebrations in Washington, D.C. “It’s about being your authentic self, and knowing you’ll be loved for exactly that,” he told News4’s Jummy Olabanji.

Malcolm Gladwell’s “Revenge Of the Tipping Point” will be published Oct. 1

The DC Public Library has won the highest honor in the country for public libraries: The 2024 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Think of it as “Magic School Bus” meets Asian American studies. A new graphic novel series aims to teach kids about the history and cultures of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

TODAY anchor (and former News4 anchor!) Craig Melvin debuted his new book in the District. “I’m Proud of You” is an uplifting love letter to the special bond between dads and sons.

“I don’t know if we always do the best job of saying to them: ‘I’m proud of you,’” Melvin said.

Author Paul Auster has died at age 77. Auster was a prolific, prize-winning man of letters and filmmaker known for such inventive narratives and meta-narratives as “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1.” Auster’s death was confirmed Wednesday by his literary representatives. Auster completed more than 30 books, translated into dozens of languages. He never achieved major commercial...

In a romance novel with a military twist, author John Lawson III tells the story of former classmates and how war affects their relationship. News4’s Jummy Olabanji sits down with Lawson to discuss “Kurtz: A Novel.”

National poetry month was started in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, and encourages people to pay attention to and enjoy poetry. Here are some ways to celebrate around D.C.

The festival’s founder Mazi Mutafa and poet Raquel Ra Brown joined News4’s Tommy McFly in the studio for a performance and sneak peek.

The association says that 4,240 individual book titles were targeted for removal from schools and public libraries — a sharp increase from the previous high of 2,571 in 2022.