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BOOKS: A DIG Q+A WITH SKYLAR KERGIL AKA SKYLARKELEVEN

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted September 12, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

From sports-loving tomboy, to Boston pride parades, to finding his community online

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Activism, Before I Had the Words, Boston, Brookline Booksmith, memoir, Sky, Skylar Kergil, transgender, YouTube channel

MUCH MORE THAN A MURDER MEMOIR

Written by M.J. TIDWELL Posted May 29, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Books

Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich explains where stories really come from

Filed Under: A+E, Books Tagged With: Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, books, Brookline Booksmith, Grub Street, harvard, memoir, nonfiction, The Fact of a Body, true crime

‘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

INK BIG: MOLLY CRABAPPLE DRAWS BLOOD, WRITES PAIN IN NEW MEMOIR

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted November 30, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

"It’s always the same thing—people who are making their careers claiming they are speaking for people who they say are supposedly voiceless but who are actually shouting to be heard and are still being marginalized."

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Activism, Burlesque, Charles Bukowski, Drawing Blood, Manhattan, Matt Taibbi, memoir, Molly Crabapple, New York City, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Protest, Shakespeare and Company, Suicide Girls, The Box, Vice, wall street

THOMAS PAGE MCBEE’S ‘MAN ALIVE’ WILL BE ASSIGNED TO YOUR GRANDCHILDREN IN HIGH SCHOOL

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 24, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

By the time I say all this out loud, Thomas Page McBee will likely be a ubiquitous name in literary circles, and folks will scratch their chins as I remind them that before Man Alive was assigned to every high school student in the land, such stories of staggering transgender triumph hadn't yet become part of the American narrative.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Man Alive, memoir, Thomas Page McBee

MEDIA FARM: WITH NEW BOOK, FORMER MAYOR MENINO FINALLY GETS TO WRITE THE HEADLINES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS

Menino presents a version of the past four decades of local politics that's absolutely entertaining, but should be taken with a pound of salt.

Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Autobiography, Book, Boston, Boston History, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston politics, City Council, City Hall, Good News of Boston, Hub, Hub history, Iannella Chamber, Jack Beatty, Mayor Menino, memoir, Timilty, Tom Menino

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