A Q+A with BC sociology professor Charles Derber on his new book Why did you decide to publish a book on “universalizing resistance” at this particular moment in history? Because our survival is at stake. Universalizing resistance is a path toward dismantling the militarized capitalism before it wipes us all out. Climate change and […]
PIERCING THROUGH PATRIARCHY
Lindy West and quashing sexist slurs
THE MODERN LOVERS: HOW TO WRITE A HISTORY BOOK ON BOSTON’S ICONIC ALBUM
From the Big Dig to Boston Phoenix archives, local author Sean L. Maloney talks about the work that went into his new book ahead of its release party.
SPECIAL AUTHOR INTERVIEW: THIS BOY’S KNIFE
“Keeping people behind bars for longer and longer periods of time does not help.”
GREATEST HITS: ON ‘BLACK MASS’ AND ‘THE BLACK PANTHERS’
Black Mass is the one thing it shouldn’t be.
Q&A WITH ‘ART OF THE CON’ AUTHOR ANTHONY M. AMORE: FAKES, FRAUDS, AND FORGERIES
I consider myself an investigator first, and I like to think I am an old-fashioned sleuth because my mentors have been retired agents and detectives who put emphasis on expending shoe-leather
BACK TO MARKET: MEET THE AUTHORS WHO SPUN NEW ENGLAND’S LEGENDARY SUPERMARKET BATTLE INTO A BOOK
“There’s such a mixture of all these different factors that made the Market Basket victory possible for the workers and shoppers.”
EXCERPT: WE ARE MARKET BASKET (CHAPTER 5: ‘BLOOD MAKES YOU RELATED, BUT LOYALTY MAKES YOU FAMILY’)
From ‘The Story of the Unlikely Grassroots Movement that Saved a Beloved Business.’
EXCERPT: ‘HAMMER HEAD: THE MAKING OF A CARPENTER’
Nina MacLaughlin left her job at an alt weekly to work as a carpenter. This is her story.
MEDIA FARM: WITH NEW BOOK, FORMER MAYOR MENINO FINALLY GETS TO WRITE THE HEADLINES
Menino presents a version of the past four decades of local politics that’s absolutely entertaining, but should be taken with a pound of salt.
