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Life of a Klansman: Writer Edward Ball Digs into His Family History

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A Modern Taste of Ancient Rome

How to Teach Shakespreare to Children

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Kill It to Save It: An Autopsy of Capitalism’s Triumph over Democracy

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RICHARD FORD in conversation with CHRISTOPHER LYDON

The Dire Literary Series

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ELIZABETH STROUT in Conversation with ANDRE DUBUS III in Brookline

Remembering PHILLIS WHEATLEY

RICHARD RUSSO Trajectory: Stories

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RAKESH SATYAL’s new novel: No One Can Pronounce My Name

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Author Talk: French Cartoonist Sandrine Revel

Playing the Ponies and Other Medical Mysteries Solved

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The Global Novel: Writing the World in the 21st Century

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The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family

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Authors Stephen Kennedy Smith and Douglas Brinkley discuss JFK’s vision for America with Samantha Power and Ron Suskind, moderated by Fredrik Logevall

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DENNIS LEHANE reads from his new novel: Since We Fell

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Cave Dwellers at Brookline Booksmith

GrubStreet Summer 2017 Open House and Showcase

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COLM TOIBIN — House of Names: A Novel

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Write Down the Street / Autores a la Vuelta

An Afternoon with Granta Magazine: Best of Young American Novelists

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SARAH PRAGER: Queer, There, & Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World

DANI SHAPIRO at Brookline Booksmith

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The Other Side of Impossible: Ordinary People Who Faced Daunting Medical Challenges & Refused to Give Up

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Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, & Privateers Who Ruled the Seven Seas

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GrubStreet’s Short Story Incubator Open House & Info Session

A True Tale of Love and Survival in the Amazon

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JILL LEPORE on “Joe Gould’s Teeth”

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Going to the Chapel and Staying Married

Centennial Celebration of the Women’s National Book Association with Pulitzer-Prize Winning Author, Megan Marshall

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DAVID SEDARIS- Theft by Finding

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