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Why They Stay: Journalist ANNE MICHAUD on Politicians’ Wives
Porter Square hosts ANNE MICHAUD, a veteran political journalist who has won over 25 reporting and writing awards. MICHAUD reads her nonfiction book Why They Stay, and she offers a possible explanation for the wives of politicians who remain when their spouse is disloyal. After covering politicians for decades, acclaimed columnist MICHAUD switched her gaze to […]
Find out more »Award-winning author DANZY SENNA at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes award-winning author DANZY SENNA—author of Caucasia, Symptomatic, Where Did You Sleep Last Night?, and You Are Free—for a discussion of her latest book, New People: A Novel. As the twentieth century draws to a close, Maria is at the start of a life she never thought possible. She and Khalil, her college sweetheart, are planning their […]
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.