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Events for March 2015

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						1 Albatross Albatross Albatross Albatross “Out-sing the Daylight Hours”: Poetry Reading and Choral Evensong for George Herbert’s Feast Day View All 8 Events »
2 Charles Lock on Poets’ Punctuation: a talk at the Editorial Institute Charles Lock on Poets’ Punctuation: a talk at the Editorial Institute Charles Lock on Poets’ Punctuation: a talk at the Editorial Institute Charles Lock on Poets’ Punctuation: a talk at the Editorial Institute	3 James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket POETRY READING View All 12 Events »	4	5	6 An Evening at the Grolier with Harbor Mountain Press: Alice B. Fogel, Diana Whitney, Peter Money, and Partridge Boswell An Evening at the Grolier with Harbor Mountain Press: Alice B. Fogel, Diana Whitney, Peter Money, and Partridge Boswell An Evening at the Grolier with Harbor Mountain Press: Alice B. Fogel, Diana Whitney, Peter Money, and Partridge Boswell An Evening at the Grolier with Harbor Mountain Press: Alice B. Fogel, Diana Whitney, Peter Money, and Partridge Boswell Shockheaded Peter View All 8 Events »	7 Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter	8 Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter
9 Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter Shockheaded Peter	10 Book Talk: Donald S. Frazier on his new book “Blood on the Bayou: Vicksberg, Port Huron, and the Trans-Mississippi” Book Talk: Donald S. Frazier on his new book “Blood on the Bayou: Vicksberg, Port Huron, and the Trans-Mississippi” Book Talk: Donald S. Frazier on his new book “Blood on the Bayou: Vicksberg, Port Huron, and the Trans-Mississippi” Book Talk: Donald S. Frazier on his new book “Blood on the Bayou: Vicksberg, Port Huron, and the Trans-Mississippi”	11 The Fifth of March Anniversary Orations – Speak Out! The Fifth of March Anniversary Orations – Speak Out! The Fifth of March Anniversary Orations – Speak Out! The Fifth of March Anniversary Orations – Speak Out! Shockheaded Peter View All 8 Events »	12 From the Pyramids to the Projects… with Legendary ‘Black Arts’ Poet Askia M. Touré From the Pyramids to the Projects… with Legendary ‘Black Arts’ Poet Askia M. Touré From the Pyramids to the Projects… with Legendary ‘Black Arts’ Poet Askia M. Touré From the Pyramids to the Projects… with Legendary ‘Black Arts’ Poet Askia M. Touré Mark Schorr Reading William Blake View All 12 Events »	13	14 Ben Tariri – Desexed – Author Talk and Book Signing Ben Tariri – Desexed – Author Talk and Book Signing Ben Tariri – Desexed – Author Talk and Book Signing Ben Tariri – Desexed – Author Talk and Book Signing	15 Brookline Poetry Series Brookline Poetry Series Brookline Poetry Series Brookline Poetry Series Paul Katzeff and Marvin Gilmore to talk about Marvin Gilmore: Crusader for Freedom View All 8 Events »
16	17	18 Poetry Night at The New England Mobile Book Fair Author Alan Hirshfeld talks and signs copies of Starlight Detectives at the Newton Free Library Poetry Night at The New England Mobile Book Fair Author Alan Hirshfeld talks and signs copies of Starlight Detectives at the Newton Free Library Poetry Night at The New England Mobile Book Fair View All 8 Events »	19 Book Talk: Roseanne Montillo on her new book “The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Boston’s Great Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial Killer.” Book Talk: Roseanne Montillo on her new book “The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Boston’s Great Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial Killer.” Book Talk: Roseanne Montillo on her new book “The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Boston’s Great Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial Killer.” Book Talk: Roseanne Montillo on her new book “The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Boston’s Great Fire, and the Hunt for America’s Youngest Serial Killer.” Roxane Gay View All 8 Events »	20 Intent and Ambiguity: Translating Persian Poetry into English Intent and Ambiguity: Translating Persian Poetry into English Intent and Ambiguity: Translating Persian Poetry into English Intent and Ambiguity: Translating Persian Poetry into English	21	22
23 Book Talk: Maureen Meister on her new book “Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New England.” Book Talk: Maureen Meister on her new book “Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New England.” Book Talk: Maureen Meister on her new book “Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New England.” Book Talk: Maureen Meister on her new book “Arts and Crafts Architecture: History and Heritage in New England.” Discussion with writer Gabriel Levin View All 12 Events »	24 Imaginary Literary Walking Tour Book Talk: Margot M. Ellis on “Americans in Paris: Foundations of America’s Architectural Gilded Age” Book Talk: Margot M. Ellis on “Americans in Paris: Foundations of America’s Architectural Gilded Age” Book Talk: Margot M. Ellis on “Americans in Paris: Foundations of America’s Architectural Gilded Age” Book Talk: Margot M. Ellis on “Americans in Paris: Foundations of America’s Architectural Gilded Age” View All 13 Events »	25 Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic: John Demos Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic: John Demos Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic: John Demos Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic: John Demos	26 Translation with Gabriel Levin & Marsha Pomerantz Translation with Gabriel Levin & Marsha Pomerantz Translation with Gabriel Levin & Marsha Pomerantz Translation with Gabriel Levin & Marsha Pomerantz Radical Presence: Black Faces, White Spaces and Stories of Possibility View All 16 Events »	27 Emerson College WLP Faculty/Alumni Reading Series Emerson College WLP Faculty/Alumni Reading Series Emerson College WLP Faculty/Alumni Reading Series Emerson College WLP Faculty/Alumni Reading Series United Story: Boston Beyond Today View All 8 Events »	28 Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food by Professor Fred Opie – Book Reading, Talk & Signing Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food by Professor Fred Opie – Book Reading, Talk & Signing Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food by Professor Fred Opie – Book Reading, Talk & Signing Zora Neale Hurston on Florida Food by Professor Fred Opie – Book Reading, Talk & Signing Yet What I Sowed: Forgotten Voices of the Early Civil Rights Movement View All 8 Events »	29
30	31 Poetry Reading Veronica Golos Poetry Reading Veronica Golos Poetry Reading Veronica Golos Poetry Reading Veronica Golos

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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.