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6:00 pm

JENNIFER EGAN reading at Emerson College

October 24, 2018 | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Bright Family Screening Room, 559 Washington St
Boston , MA 02909 United States
Free

Critically acclaimed author Jennifer Egan will be reading at Emerson in the Bright Family Screening Room in the Paramount building. Jennifer Egan is the author of A Visit From the Goon Squad, The Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus, and the story collection Emerald City. Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, […]

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6:30 pm

Finding Samuel Lowe: From Harlem to China

October 24, 2018 | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Rabb Hall, Boston Public Library, Central Library in Copley Square, 700 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02116 United States
Free

Three successful black siblings from Harlem discover their heritage by searching for clues about their long-lost Chinese grandfather, Samuel Lowe. Taking family tree research to an epic proportion, the siblings and 16 of their family members travel to two Chinese cities, ShenZhen and GuangZhou. Together, they visit their family's ancestral village, finding documented lineage that […]

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7:00 pm

SUSAN K. HAMILTON at Belmont Books

October 24, 2018 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Belmont Books, 79 Leonard Street
Belmont, MA 02478
Free

Join us for an evening of faerie and fantasy with local author SUSAN K. HAMILTON. As the Fae Patriarch of Boston's criminal underworld, Aohdan Collins enjoys his playboy lifestyle while he works from the shadows to expand his growing empire, until one night when he shares a shot of whiskey with the lovely Seireadan Moore... […]

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