Boston Athenaeum welcomes author as she discusses his book, Redemption: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last 31 Hours. Drawing on dozens of interviews by the author with people who were immersed in the Memphis events, Redemption features recently released documents from Atlanta archives, and includes compelling photos. Redemption is an "immersive, humanizing, and demystifying" (New York Times) […]
Find out more »On April 17th, Négar Djavadi will be in conversation with author Laura van den Berg at the Brookline Booksmith as part of their Transnational Literature Series. This series focuses on books concerned with migration, displacement, and exile, with particular emphasis on works in translation. DISORIENTAL, Djavadi's début novel, is the winner of several awards, including: […]
Find out more »Prize-Winning Poet Jane Hirshfield Reads with BU Alum Natasha Hakimi, introduced by Robert Pinsky. Reading followed by book signing and reception. The Robert Lowell Memorial Poetry Reading Series.
Find out more »Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.