Events for December 7, 2017
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Pride & Prejudice: Theatre for Young Audiences Adaptation
Don't miss Pride & Prejudice adapted by Jon Jory young audiences, from the novel by Jane Austen. This production, directed by Courtney O'Connor, runs between December 1st and December 9th. Finding a husband isn’t Elizabeth Bennet's most urgent priority, but it's difficult to escape the subject—especially once she meets the enigmatic Mr. Darcy. But in a […]
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JESSICA KEENER, author of Strangers in Budapest, in conversation with RISA MILLER
In JESSICA KEENER’s atmospheric and intricately woven novel, a young American couple and their infant son move to the mysterious city of Budapest. Eight months into their stay, they receive a secretive request from friends in the United States to check in on a Jewish American World War II veteran JESSICA KEENER is the author […]
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Award-Winning Poet/Critic KEVIN YOUNG on the History of “Bunk”
Harvard Book Store welcomes award-winning poet and critic KEVIN YOUNG for a discussion of his latest book, Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities. This event is free and open to the public! About Bunk Bunk traces the history of the hoax as […]
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.