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Nelson Diaz, of Chestnut Hill, tells the story of his ascent from poverty to high positions in government and corporate boardrooms in his autobiography, “Not From Here, Not from There" (Temple University Press).
From poverty to realizing the American Dream
Chestnut Hill resident Nelson Diaz has chronicled his life in the autobiography “Not from Here, Not from There." more
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Mt. Airy’s Abigail Perkiss has written extensively over many years about the carefully planned racial integration of Mt. Airy after World War II, which has been labeled “a national model.”
Nuanced view of Mt. Airy's  racial history
Mt. Airy's much-praised racial diversity skipped over the issue of class, says author Abby Perkiss. more
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Lynn Gregory’s second novel, “So Much for Walls,” was inspired by her real-life experience as a traumatized carjacking victim.
Mt. Airy carjacking victim turns trauma into new novel
There is an old saying in publishing that you should “write what you know,” and Mt. Airy author and social science researcher Lynn Gregory is an exemplar of that maxim.  more
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Flourtown native Tyler Kepner is seen giving a talk to the Norristown Rotary Club about his dream job covering Major League baseball for the New York Times.
Dream comes true for New York Times baseball writer
Millions of boys in this country undoubtedly dream of one day being a Major League baseball player. more
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Harry Groome had a successful 30-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, rising to chairman of SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare, but after a forced retirement he has authored five novels, and two powerful new novellas that were just published in June.
Local author proves there are 'second acts,' after all
The legendary American “Jazz Age” author F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote, “There are no second acts in American lives.” Fitzgerald did not know Harry Groome. more
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The Rev. Scott Robinson, a long-time Chestnut Hill resident, will have a book reading and signing for “The Way In” on Sunday, Aug. 7, 3 p.m., at Booked, 8511 Germantown Ave.
Hill minister's new book about living with Parkinson's
“The Way In; What a Hospice Chaplain Learned Living with Parkinson's, in Poetry and Prose”  is a courageous, brutally candid revelation of Robinson’s own periodic rages. more
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John Kromer of Mt. Airy, one of three Northwest Philadelphia authors featured during an event at Hilltop Books in Chestnut Hill, will talk about his book “Philadelphia Battlefields.”
Three local authors bring their politics to Hill bookstore
Three local authors, one from Chestnut Hill and two from Mt. Airy, will discuss their books at a signing event on Thursday, July 28, 6 p.m., at Hilltop Books, 84 Bethlehem Pike. more
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