Events for December 8, 2019
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Holly Jolly Half-Off Sale at More Than Words
It's the most wonderful time of the year. Shop our Holly Jolly Half-Off Sale for 50% off used books and records. From children's books to vintage vinyl, we have a gift for everyone on your list. This giving season, select a gift that gives back. Your purchase from More Than Words supports our mission of […]
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Writing Workshop with Martha Collins at Institute for Contemporary Art
Martha Collins has just published her tenth book of poetry, Because What Else Can I Do. Some of her previous volumes include Admit One: An American Scrapbook and the book-length poem Blue Front. Collins has also published four volumes of co-translated Vietnamese poetry. Born in Nebraska and raised in Iowa, Collins was educated at Stanford […]
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When Facts Are Not Enough: Reading Atheist Fiction at Phillips Brooks House
At Phillips Brooks House in Harvard Yard, Rick Heller, author of the nonfiction book Secular Meditation, will lead a discussion of novels related to atheism and will read from his work-in-progress, a novel about a secular mindfulness teacher who is charged with murder. Is there such a thing as an “atheist novel?” Are atheists less […]
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Gallery Talk with Oliver de la Paz at Institute for Contemporary Art
Oliver de la Paz is the author of five collections of poetry: Names Above Houses, Furious Lullaby, Requiem for the Orchard, Post Subject: A Fable, and The Boy in the Labyrinth which is forthcoming in 2019 from the University of Akron Press. He also co-edited A Face to Meet the Faces: An Anthology of Contemporary […]
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New England Poetry Club: New Poetry and Open Mic at Arts at the Armory
3 NEPC members read from their new books, plus open mic. Readers: Toni Bee Jennifer Martelli Chris O'Carroll
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Dual Interviews with Empathy and Emotional Intelligence Experts Helen Riess and Richard Boyatzis at Trident Booksellers & Cafe
This event will feature two leaders in the emotional intelligence and empathy arenas for an exciting exchange of ideas and will show the intersection between The Empathy Effect and Helping Others Change. About the Books In The Empathy Effect, Dr. Riess champions the idea that empathy can dramatically change our lives for the better, and in […]
Find out more »Whitney Scharer presents THE GIRL WITH NO NAMES in conversation with Serena Burdick at Harvard Coop
The Girls with No Names pulls readers into the gilded age of New York City in the 1910s, when suffragettes marched in the street, unions fought for better work conditions—and girls were confined to the House of Mercy for daring to break the rules. About the Author Serena Burdick Graduated from The American Academy of […]
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.