The Revolutionary Genius of Plants by Stefano Mancuso In one of Roald Dahl’s creepier short stories, “The Sound Machine,” an inventor rigs together a listening device that converts the inaudible screams of plants into human frequencies. When the inventor, named Klausner, plucks a daisy, he hears “a faint high-pitched cry, curiously inanimate.” Do […]
BOOK REVIEW 6.28.18
The Lost Family by Jenna Blum. HarperCollins. 413 pages. $27. A number of writers who teach at Grub Street (an independent “creative writing center” on Boylston Street) have been landing on the bestseller lists and reeling in million-dollar advances. Among them is Celeste Ng, whose novel Little Fires Everywhere is No. 14 this week. […]
BOOK REVIEW 5.31.18
There There by Tommy Orange In America we always seem to be in search of the authentic. Whether it’s Jay Z or Cardi B, we like our artists to keep it real. So it’s not surprising that there is a lot of buzz about a novel written by a Native American set in […]
UNIVERSALIZING RESISTANCE
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.”
