Events for November 4, 2019
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11:00 am
Sara B. Fraser discusses her debut novel, LONG DIVISION at Belmont Public Library
Belmont author Sara B. Fraser will speak on her debut novel Long Division, published this year by Black Rose Writing. In this novel, Leigh Fortune reckons with the fallout of her mother’s choices while her grandmother comes to terms with the role she played in the family’s unraveling. Kirkus Reviews says of Long Division: ‘Fraser […]
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Paul Tough presents THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST: HOW COLLEGE MAKES OR BREAKS US at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes PAUL TOUGH, the bestselling author of How Children Succeed, for a discussion of his latest book, The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us. He will be joined in conversation by professor ANTHONY ABRAHAM JACK, author of The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students. This event is […]
Find out more »Mass Poetry’s “Raise Your Verse” Finale and Reading at Porter Square Books
Join Mass Poetry at our “Raise Your Verse Finale & Reading” on Monday, November 4th from 7-8:30pm at Porter Square Books! Come celebrate the conclusion of Mass Poetry’s fall fundraiser, Raise Your Verse, with a night of poetry! Join us for food, great company, readings by participants and supporters of Raise Your Verse, and maybe […]
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.