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12:00 pm

ROSALYN D. ELDER on African American Heritage in Massachusetts

February 8, 2018 | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
State Library of Massachusetts, State House-Room 341, 24 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02133 United States
Free

Join us at the State Library of Massachusetts at noon on Thursday, February 8, to hear author Rosalyn D. Elder speak about her recent book Exploring the Legacy: People and Places of Significance, part of the African American Heritage in Massachusetts series.  Exploring the Legacy is both a tourist guide and a history book, providing details about […]

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4:15 pm

History, Identity, Politics, and the Art of Writing: A Lecture with VIET THANH NGUYEN

February 8, 2018 | 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
Free

What are the challenges for writers concerned with history, identity, and politics? How do writers respond to these themes in language, form, story, and theme? In this lecture, VIET THANH NGUYEN offers some answers through an exploration of his writing and criticism. His remarks will be followed by a discussion with writer GISH JEN. Register […]

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Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.