Thousands of Bostonians, including many cops, were active members of an antisemitic Catholic fascist organization in the opening years of WWII
BOOK REVIEW: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE
Books
GREAT VIRTUAL READING ALERT: LOVE LETTERS TO THE WORST CULTURE WE HAVE TO OFFER
“Tacky is about the power of pop culture—like any art—to imprint itself on our lives and shape our experiences.”
ALCOHOL-FUELED PARTYING IN BOSTON’S COMBAT ZONE
Jan Brogan’s new book on Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice
BOOK REVIEW: THE NAZARENE, THE BACKLOT COWBOY, AND US
A historian looks at how evangelical religion, “traditional” masculinity, and right-wing politics became so hopelessly intertwined
ANTIMAN: EMERSON PROF RAJIV MOHABIR’S “HYBRID MEMOIR”
“I tried to reclaim power in that story of being outed and that word from people in my community.”
MARC GOLDFINGER’S “JUNKIES, ANGELS & DEMONS”
“It’s never over. I just have to be careful that I don’t slip back into the world of the troll.”
LITTLE GHOUL GOES TO SCHOOL, BUT FIRST HAS A RELEASE PARTY
Jef Czekaj on the collision of picture books for kids and grown-up weirdo music
A MASTER OF DJINN: WHAT’S ALTERNATE IN ALTERNATE HISTORY?
Magic shenanigans are the order of the day in this new fantasy novel set in an alternative-universe Cairo
DR. STRANGER: JOE KEOHANE ON THE BENEFITS OF CONNECTING IN A SUSPICIOUS WORLD
“I thought maybe I could just talk to people for two years and report back about what happened, but then I started seeing all this research and it started to explain why I enjoyed having these interactions.”
INTERVIEW: AVIVA CHOMSKY AND CENTRAL AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN HISTORY
“If you want to know about the causes, you have to ask, What’s the cause of poverty, violence, and corruption? And that second question is what the Biden administration isn’t asking.”
