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FOREVER STRUGGLE: ACTIVISM, IDENTITY, AND SURVIVAL IN BOSTON’S CHINATOWN

Written by MICHAEL LIU Posted January 2, 2021 Filed Under: A+E, Books

“According to descriptions of that life, frugal laundrymen saved money by sleeping and cooking meals of white rice in their tiny shops, only occasionally allowing themselves vegetables and meat.”

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: A+E, arts, books, Boston, Chinatown

WORKSHOPPING HUB HISTORY: AN A+ FOR BOSTON MUSIC ICON FRED TAYLOR’S NEW A-LIST MEMOIR

Written by DOUG HALL Posted December 30, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books, Interviews

"Taylor developed and maintained relationships with musicians that lasted a lifetime."

Filed Under: A+E, Books, Interviews Tagged With: arts, books, Boston History, local books, music venues

WHAT TECH CALLS THINKING

Written by PETER BERARD Posted December 26, 2020 Filed Under: Books

On the “intellectual bedrock” of Silicon Valley.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Adrian Daub, silicon valley, What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley

“I’M NOT HOLDING YOUR COAT”: HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PENS MASS MOSH PIT MEMOIR

Written by NATE HOMAN Posted December 15, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books

"Punk also reminds me to show my students how they can use the power of words to communicate and to change the world."

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: arts, books, Music, punk rock

JOIN US FOR THE “BUY ME, BOSTON” BOOK RELEASE LIVE (NEW DATE AND TIME TBD)

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 14, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books

We did a test run of the live stream on Thursday, which you can see below. 

Stay tuned for updates on the big event in which we will speak with Boston archivists Brian Coleman and David Bieber of the David Bieber Archives ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: A+E, arts, books

BOOK EXCERPT: THE INSTITUTE. A POTENTIALLY PRESCIENT POLITICAL THRILLER

Written by SAM SARKISIAN Posted December 2, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books, Fiction

In which a nonpartisan “Institute for Information Dissemination” is tasked with fact-checking us all.

Filed Under: A+E, Books, Fiction Tagged With: arts, books, excerpt

OLD-SCHOOL MASSACHUSETTS VENUES: A LOVE STORY

Written by BRIAN COLEMAN Posted November 27, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books

About 5% of the rich history of performance venues in our lovely, funky, fractured city.

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: books, Events, Venues

REVIEW: BLACK RADICAL AUTHOR KERRI K. GREENIDGE

Written by PETER BERARD Posted November 5, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books

A new biography of Boston anti-racist leader William Monroe Trotter

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Authors, biographies, books, history, Interviews, throwback

SECESSION: A COMPELLING READ ABOUT OUR COUNTRY’S PAST AND PRESENT SCHISMS

Written by RICH TENORIO Posted October 27, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books

“A lot of abolitionists came together and tried to convince their Northern neighbors to secede from the Union."

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: books, Politics

FICTION EXCERPT: A GALLERY, A HEIST, AND A DISCERNING EYE

Written by CAROL ORANGE Posted October 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction

The lead headline jumped out: $200M Gardner Museum Art Theft 2 Men Posing as Police Tie Up Night Guards

Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction Tagged With: A Discerning Eye, art theft, books, excerpt, fiction, Gardner Museum

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