Events for September 2, 2016
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8:00 am
Lawrence Wright at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Looming Tower Lawrence Wright for a discussion of his latest book, The Terror Years: From al-Qaeda to the Islamic State. With The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright became generally acknowledged as one of our major journalists writing on terrorism in the Middle East. Here, in ten powerful pieces first published in The New […]
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The Dire Literary Series
The Dire Literary Series is pleased to welcome writers and performers, John Domini, Teisha Dawn Twomey, and Izihjotane. John Domini has won awards in all genres, with fiction in Paris Review and non-fiction in The New York Times. The Times praised his work as "dreamlike... grabs hold of both reader and character," and Alan Cheuse, of […]
Find out more »On Autism in Adulthood
Brookline Booksmith welcomes Susan Senator for a discussion of her new book- AUTISM ADULTHOOD: STRATEGIES AND INSIGHTS FOR A FULFILLING LIFE. Told in the author's trademark honest, approachable style, Autism Adulthood paints a vivid and thought-provoking picture of what many people grapple with as adults living with autism. Featuring thirty interviews with autistic adults, their parents, caregivers, researchers, and professionals, […]
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.