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LITSCENE: BOSTON COMIC CON AND THE MASSACHUSETTS POETRY FESTIVAL

My friend and I lost our Comic Con virginity this weekend, and then I met Steve Almond and Frank Bidart at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. This year keeps getting better and better.

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LITSCENE: JOHN ROBISON AND AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS

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The sibling-pair John Robison and Augusten Burroughs wrote two different books, but they wrote Be Different and This Is How for the same reason: to write books that are more geared towards self-help than memoirs that are turned into self-help books by the public. Continue reading

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LITSCENE: TOMO, AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS, AND JOHN ELDER ROBISON

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On March 11, 2011, a tsunami hit off the coast of Tohoku, Japan. The tsunami caused a massive amount of devastation to the Tohoku region, but out of the devastation came people with stories to tell about Japan. Continue reading

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LITSCENE: HUB COMICS’ TIM FINN [UNCUT]

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Last week, I met with Tim Finn, owner of Hub Comics, to talk about the relaunching of the store. He covered many other things, including what it’s like to teach at The Art Institute of Boston (AIB), Free Comic Book Day, and how he got into comics. Photo by Jamie Meditz. Continue reading