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
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ALCOHOL-FUELED PARTYING IN BOSTON’S COMBAT ZONE
Jan Brogan’s new book on Murder, Race, and Boston’s Struggle for Justice
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.”
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.”
EXCERPT: THE HISTORY OF TATTOOING IN BOSTON
Edward Liberty’s Boston location gave him fresh proximity to his maturing sons and influence upon them
BOSTON DID IT FIRST: AN INTERVIEW, AN AUTHOR, AND 500 LOCAL INNOVATIONS
An interview, an author, and 500 local innovations
ONE AUTHOR’S BOSTON DIVE INTO AMERICA’S FIRST TRIAL
“From everything I’ve seen, it was the first … trial of the century.”
BOOK REVIEW: “IN DEFENSE OF SKA”
An incredibly diverse genre with anti-racist roots, historically panned by snobby critic dicks
POET AND UMASS AMHERST PROF MARTÍN ESPADA: “THIS BOOK IS … MASSACHUSETTS. IT’S WHO I AM.”
“I think it was important, a way of restoring their humanity, to give them back their names.”
