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Philadelphian ’Pemi Aguda at Athenaeum of Philadelphia on Washington Square, where she works. She is a finalist for a National Book Award in the fiction category for her collection of short stories, "Ghostroots."

Philadelphian ’Pemi Aguda is up for one of the nation’s biggest literary prizes

She balanced her day job at Atheneum to write "Ghostroots," one of five finalists in fiction in this year's National Book Award.

Mrs. Rohrer wrote "poetry you can trust and love because in it Jane Rohrer is no one but herself," a colleague said in a tribute.

Jane Rohrer, innovative poet and author, has died at 96

Mr. Cory was a longtime presence at poetry readings in and around Philadelphia.

Jim Cory, prolific author, poet, and editor, has died at 71

Marc Lamont Hill (left) interviews essayist, author, and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates about his new memoir, "The Message," at the chapel of Girard College.

Ta-Nehisi Coates comes to Philadelphia with a powerful ‘Message’ about being able to tell your own story

Elizabeth Wellington | Columnist

A headstone at Edgar Allan Poe's original gravesite at Westminster Presbyterian Church and Cemetery in Baltimore, where he died in 1849.

This week in Philly history: Edgar Allan Poe dies under mysterious circumstances

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