WBGO Reporter Naomi Brauner spoke with critically acclaimed author Jacqueline Woodson to discuss life as an author, parenting, jazz, and her most recent book, Another Brooklyn . Woodson spoke to the importance of representation in literature: representing black fatherhood, black Muslims, and Bushwick in the 1970s. Listen below to Naomi’s extended web interview with Woodson. Warning: book spoilers in the interview. Jacqueline Woodson is the recipient of four Newbery Honor awards. The Newbery

Every July developmentally disabled adults spend a month at a unique summer camp in Lincoln, Vermont. Some of them get to live in wheelchair accessible treehouses. Campers are raving about Zeno Mountain Farm.

Listening to Wall Street based business reporting you would believe that the nation’s foreclosure crisis is in the nation’s rear view mirror. But a WBGO investigation has found that here in New Jersey in places like Newark and East Orange foreclosures are hollowing out entire neighborhoods. A recent meeting in East Orange brought out local activists committed to helping their neighbors hold on to their homes. It is a hot weeknight in the East Orange City Council chamber and lead organizer

After the civil unrest in the summer of 1967, Newark’s public housing outlook was bleak…it was at that time that New Community Corporation was founded by Monsignor William Linder with hopes of creating affordable housing. Hear Linder recall the days following that summer of 1967. Monsignor Linder’s new memoir is titled Out of The Ashes Came Hope.

WBGO film critic Harlan Jacobson gives high marks to Christopher Nolan's latest movie Dunkirk .

WBGO Theater Critic Michael Bourne reviews Pipeline at Lincoln Center Theater.

Media coverage of the 1967 Newark Rebellion depicted chaos in New Jersey’s largest city, but many people who were there say some major inaccuracies were reported as fact. “Sniper Fire from open windows kills two policemen a fire captain shot in the back while answering a false alarm and several bystanders. Officials say the snipers, some not believed to be Newark residents use guns stolen from a local rifle factory. Even machine guns were used,” said one movie house newsreel following the Newark

The sports broadcasting world lost one of its finest this past weekend. Bob Wolff, the only sportscaster to call play-by-play of championships in all four major North American professional team sports, has died at the age of 96. Wolff died peacefully in his South Nyack home Saturday night. The Yankees said in a team statement, "Bob Wolff's inconic, Hall-of Fame broadcasting career was matched by his class and character." Bob was a guest on SportsJam with Doug Doyl e in 2014. Wolff broadcast the

Theater Critic Michael Bourne has his thoughts on the politically edgy 1984 on Broadway. Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan have adapted the iconic George Orwell novel for this production at Hudson Theater Broadway.

The population of Newark, and the Jewish Community in particular, dwindled drastically after the 1967 Newark Rebellion. While some call it “white flight,” others say the national push towards suburbanization pulled them away. Over 65,000 people once made up Newark’s Jewish community. William Helmreich, author and educator, says an undue amount of blame is placed on the 1967 Newark Rebellion for pushing them out. “When all is said and done, the real reason why Newark declined as a Jewish