Events for September 29, 2016
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Write Down the Street / Autores a la Vuelta
Want to get into creative writing, but not sure where to begin? Get inspired with a FREE session at your local library. For one hour, you’ll meet fellow writers, and learn to tell your story through fun directed exercises in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. New and practicing writers welcome! This class takes place at the […]
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Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady
Brookline Booksmith is pleased to welcome Susan Quinn, author of Eleanor and Hick, a warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok—a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women’s lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
Find out more »Ann Patchett at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store welcomes PEN/Faulkner Award winner Ann Patchett for a reading from her latest novel, Commonwealth, the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. “. . . a funny, sad, and ultimately heart-wrenching family portrait . . . Patchett elegantly manages a varied cast of characters . . . at her peak […]
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.