Like so many masters of deep research and compelling narrative historical nonfiction before him, Kix leaves very little for the reader to imagine on their own. Some of the descriptions are extremely terrifying, but they’re also necessary if one is to understand the plight of the protagonist.
THROWBACK: BRICKLAYER BILL AND THE ADVENTURES OF AN AMATEUR
A glimpse of the days when sports stars shone closer to earth
BOSTON ROCK NOIR: CLEA SIMON’S SCENESTER MYSTERY HAS BEEN SIMMERING FOR DECADES
“I finally got to write about the rock scene, but it’s also about the fallibility of memory, and that weird nostalgia. We all look back on our youth as some kind of golden time, but we’re all subjective, we’re all flawed. How much of that is real?”
BOSTON’S FIRST ANNUAL ART BOOK FAIR
Celebrating DIY culture in the Hub
SKIFFLE BALL: THE GREAT BILLY BRAGG ON INSPIRATIONAL GRASSROOTS AND GIVING UP BEING HIP
I used to feel, metaphorically, that I stood by a vast river of music and everything that was happening came down that river and I hooked out anything that was interesting to me. Now, I feel like I’m on a small boat on a calm sea and I’m only hearing the stuff that swims near me.
BOOK BINGER: MUSIC READS FOR THE BEACH THIS SUMMER
Beach reads for music lovers, covering everything from Twin Peaks to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
INTERVIEW: LEAH CARROLL’S NEW BOOK REVISITS ROUGH RHODE ISLAND MEMORIES AND TOUGH PERSONAL TRIALS
Leah Carroll’s book revisits rough Rhode Island memories and tough personal trials
DEEP WATER: A Q+A WITH KATHERINE NICHOLS
There will always be someone who was somewhere on the beach at some point who says, “Well that’s not how it happened exactly.” But you write representative pieces, and I had a lot of creative freedom to connect the dots.
MUCH MORE THAN A MURDER MEMOIR
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich explains where stories really come from
AGE OF RAGE: MASS NATIVE PENS DEEP, COLORFUL PORTRAIT OF TRUMP NATION
‘I would never discount or downplay the racism and “authoritarianism” swimming in Trump’s base, but I also wouldn’t reduce it to those things.’
