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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

Transnational Series: Sigrún Pálsdóttir in conversation with translator Lytton Smith at Brookline Booksmith

New Voices in Fiction: Lara Prescott at Harvard Book Store

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

Forty Dollars and a Brand: Book Event with Denise Kaigler at More Than Words

Benjamin Moser in conversation with Honor Moore – Sontag: Her Life & Work at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Rainbow Rowell presents WAYWARD SON in conversation with Margaret H. Willison at Brookline Booksmith

Cambridge Forum: The End of Meat? at First Parish Church

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

James Verini presents THEY WILL HAVE TO DIE NOW: MOSUL AND THE FALL OF CALIPHATE at Harvard Book Store

Reading: Dr. Kelli Harding THE RABBIT EFFECT: LIVE LONGER, HAPPIER, AND HEALTHIER WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE OF KINDNESS at Brookline Booksmith Used Book Cellar

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

Katrina Forrester presents IN THE SHADOW OF JUSTICE: POSTWAR LIBERALISM AND THE REMAKING OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY at Harvard Book Store

Maaza Mengiste presents THE SHADOW KING at Harvard Book Store

Reading: Caroline Maguire WHY WILL NO ONE PLAY WITH ME?: THE PLAY BETTER PLAN TO HELP CHILDREN OF ALL AGES MAKE FRIENDS AND THRIVE at Brookline Booksmith Used Book Cellar

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

New England Poetry Club Award Winners Reading and Reception at Cambridge Public Library

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

Jake Brennan presents DISGRACELAND in conversation with Adam Weiner at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Harvard Square Book Circle discusses Natalia Ginzburg’s Family Lexicon at Harvard Book Store

Leslie Jamison presents MAKE IT SCREAM, MAKE IT BURN: ESSAYS in conversation with Alex Marzano-Lesnevich at Brookline Booksmith Used Book Cellar

Lauren Shippen presents THE INFINITE NOISE with WROB Program Director Alexander Danner at Porter Square Books

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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Ann Patchett presents THE DUTCH HOUSE at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Billy Bragg presents THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF FREEDOM in conversation with Cass R. Sunstein at Cambridge Public Library

Jill Lepore presents THESE TRUTHS: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES in conversation with Robin Young at WBUR CitySpace

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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Richard Russo presents CHANCES ARE . . . : A NOVEL at Brattle Theatre

Rekindle Your Craft: A Prompt-Writing Night at The Village Works

Jennifer Block presents EVERYTHING BELOW THE WAIST: WHY HEALTH CARE NEEDS A FEMINIST REVOLUTION in conversation with Jaclyn Friedman at Harvard Book Store

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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Women of Color and the Global Security Challenges of the 21st Century with Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins at UMass Boston

Stephen Chbosky presents IMAGINARY FRIEND: A NOVEL at Brattle Theatre

Transnational Series: Jennifer Croft in conversation with Nina MacLaughlin at Brookline Booksmith

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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Boston Book Festival at Dudley Square

Lisa Duggan presents MEAN GIRL: AYN RAND AND THE CULTURE OF GREED in conversation with Lauren Kaminsky at Harvard Book Store

Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant present THE GIFT INSIDE THE BOX in conversation with Daniel Gilbert at First Parish Church

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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R.J. Palacio presents WHITE BIRD at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Aimee Lucido presents EMMY IN THE KEY OF CODE and Sofiya Pasternack presents ANYA AND THE DRAGON at Porter Square Books

Transnational Series: Naja Marie Aidt in conversation with Valeria Luiselli at Brookline Booksmith

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ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD at Huntington Avenue Theatre

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Children’s Storytime: Nancy Tupper Ling presents THE YIN-YANG SISTERS AND THE DRAGON FRIGHTFUL at Brookline Booksmith

New England Romance Writer’s Association Craft Workshop at Brookline Public Library

Poetry; The Art of Words / Mike Amado Memorial Series at Plymouth Public Library

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