A new biography of Boston anti-racist leader William Monroe Trotter
REVIEW: BLACK RADICAL AUTHOR KERRI K. GREENIDGE
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SECESSION: A COMPELLING READ ABOUT OUR COUNTRY’S PAST AND PRESENT SCHISMS
“A lot of abolitionists came together and tried to convince their Northern neighbors to secede from the Union."
FICTION EXCERPT: A GALLERY, A HEIST, AND A DISCERNING EYE
The lead headline jumped out: $200M Gardner Museum Art Theft 2 Men Posing as Police Tie Up Night Guards
RANDY ROBERTS ON BOSTON, BASEBALL, AND THE PARALLEL PANDEMIC A CENTURY AGO
"Clean your hands, social distancing, quarantine, all those things were tried in 1918."
BOSTON BLUES LIFER PROFESSOR HARP REMAINS UNDAUNTED IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
“Now here comes Miss Rona and fucks the whole thing up, because places can’t open at capacity.”
MAGICAL PROTECTORS: OCEAN WONG’S “OLD MAGICAL GIRLS” INSPIRE, FIGHT MONSTERS
"Hong Kong doesn’t only lack animation studios, but more importantly, we’re far behind—homosexual marriages are still illegal."
QUICK READ: GRANDPA AMERICA
One of the summer’s soaring sleeper smashes, and should fly with new and old comic heads alike.
BOOK REVIEW: PRISON BY ANY OTHER NAME
New book reveals potential pitfalls for those seeking justice reforms.
NEW BOOK TELLS STORIES OF MURDERED BOSTON BOXERS
When the fighter’s boxing career was over, they inevitably got tapped on the shoulders by their buddies who were involved in loan sharking, robberies, and more.
IN “SMARTPHONE SOCIETY,” BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT SMALL DEVICES
"That’s kind of the sentiment that both the government and these [smartphone] companies would like you to have—this feeling of powerlessness. And that’s the reason I try to keep a positive tone in the book."
