Events for August 7, 2016
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11:30 am
Punk Rock Storytime with Eric Morse
Newtonville Books is pleased to welcome "Punk Rock Storytime" with Eric Morse, author of WHAT IS PUNK? Come for for activities, books, and a punk-rock sing-along. What Is Punk? is a must-read pop-culture primer for children, an introduction to the punk revolution, from London’s Clash and Sex Pistols to the Ramones’ NYC protopunk, from Iggy Pop to […]
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Literary Tour of Beacon Hill
After the likes of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott in the 19th century, another literary scene evolved on Beacon Hill in the 20th century. But, how did it compare to the Victorian "flowering of New England"? Come explore a sampling of what some later writers with Beacon Hill connections brought to American literature. […]
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.