Brookline Booksmith welcomes Youtuber Skylar "skylarkeleven" Kergil for a reading of his memoir Before I Had The Words. KERGIL is a transgender activist, artist, and writer living in Boston. Before I Had the Words is the story of what came before the videos and what happened behind the scenes. From early childhood memories to the changes and […]
Find out more »New England is the land of history, some of which is still mysterious from lack of recorded information. For all history buffs out there, take note! Porter Square Books welcomes author JILL FARINELLI for a reading of her historical nonfiction book, The Palatine Wreck: The Legend of the New England Ghost Ship. Two days after Christmas […]
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.