Other remaining events include ‘The Color of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation.’
Books
ANNOUNCEMENT: EVENT SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING KEROUAC CENTENNIAL
“Upcoming festivities will feature the return of a portion of the original 120-foot-long ‘On The Road’ scroll.”
UPCOMING BOOK EVENT: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE
“A grim tale of faith perverted to violent ends, and a lesson for those who oppose the spread of far-right ideologies today.”
BOOK REVIEW: NAZIS OF COPLEY SQUARE
Thousands of Bostonians, including many cops, were active members of an antisemitic Catholic fascist organization in the opening years of WWII
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