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A MASTER OF DJINN: WHAT’S ALTERNATE IN ALTERNATE HISTORY?

Written by PETER BERARD Posted August 3, 2021 Filed Under: Books

Magic shenanigans are the order of the day in this new fantasy novel set in an alternative-universe Cairo

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: alternate history, Book, fiction, magic

INTERVIEW: “A DISCERNING EYE” AUTHOR CAROL ORANGE

Written by DIG STAFF Posted October 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Interviews

"One pitfall in the art world is to romanticize paintings and artists. I believe I resisted that."

Filed Under: A+E, Interviews Tagged With: A Discerning Eye, art theft, Carol Orange, fiction, Gardner Museum, heist, novel

FICTION EXCERPT: A GALLERY, A HEIST, AND A DISCERNING EYE

Written by CAROL ORANGE Posted October 9, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction

The lead headline jumped out: $200M Gardner Museum Art Theft 2 Men Posing as Police Tie Up Night Guards

Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction Tagged With: A Discerning Eye, art theft, books, excerpt, fiction, Gardner Museum

BOSSTOWN: NEW NOVEL NAVIGATES BIG DIG ERA BOSTON

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted August 1, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

"I grew up in communes in Allston in the ’70s. There used to be this great big penny poker game at the Spanish House commune; it was in the former Spanish consulate on Commonwealth Avenue."

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Adam Abramowitz, Allston, big dig, bike messenger, Bosstown, Boston, Brookline Booksmith, fiction, novel, Vicious Cycle

FICTION EXCERPT: ‘THE AUTOGRAPH OF STEVE INDUSTRY’

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 30, 2017 Filed Under: FEATURES, Fiction

My grandmother is high, reading science fiction in the kitchen while a choir of drunk relatives do Johnny Most Christmas carols.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Fiction Tagged With: Autograph of Steve Industry, Ben Hersey, fiction, Magic Helicopter Press

PICK YOUR BLEMISHES: AN INTERVIEW WITH OTTESSA MOSHFEGH

Written by NINA CORCORAN Posted January 25, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction

 

In a sea of perplexing novels and short stories that seek to highlight the good in bad characters, Ottessa Moshfegh‘s work rises above it all with murky water dripping from its edges, forgoing the good altogether to ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Books, FEATURES, Fiction Tagged With: 2017, A+E, arts, Author, Boston, Cambridge, Dig, DigBoston, fiction, Free, harvard, Harvard Book Store, Homesick for Another World, Interview, literature, Ottessa Moshfegh, Reading

‘POP’ GOES THE GENRE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted May 20, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Books

A conversation with Berklee English prof Mark Polanzak about his new sorta memoir

 

As journalists at DigBoston, it’s hard for us to worship genre-benders who take liberties in weaving fiction into nonfiction and memoir. But while phonies like Ben Mezrich patch ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: bereavement, Berklee, books, Boston, fiction, Mark Polanzak, memoir, nonfiction, pop

EXCERPT: ‘POP!’ BY MARK POLANZAK

Written by DIG STAFF Posted May 20, 2016 Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials

But I wrote this funny story about my dad’s death. It goes on for many more pages, being funny and super distanced from the grief.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Specials Tagged With: bereavement, Berklee, books, Boston, fiction, Mark Polanzak, memoir, nonfiction, pop

INDEPENDENT FILM FESIVAL BOSTON REPORT: ON FOUR FICTION FILMS

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted May 2, 2016 Filed Under: A+E, Film

A spotlight on fiction films of the IFFB

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Always Shine, fiction, IFFB, independent film festival boston, Little Men, The Blackcoat's Daugther, Transpecos

MASS FICTION: THE ASTEROID THEORY

Written by RICHARD J FARRELL Posted November 1, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Fiction

In different ways, I lost my two best friends, but I gained something too. On that rainy, fall night, I glimpsed the way life could be, when everything breaks just right.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Fiction Tagged With: fiction, Halloween, Massachusetts, Worcester

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