Events for January 17, 2017
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12:30 pm
FREE Brown Bag Lunch at GrubStreet: Social Justice Edition
To change the world, first you've got to make people care. Join GrubStreet for a brown-bag lunch spent examining different techniques writers have used to dramatize and personalize social justice issues to better engage their audiences. Attendees will leave with clear strategies for capturing their social justice passions in effectively written prose. Do you work downtown […]
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“All the Real Indians Died Off”: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans
In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Each chapter deftly shows how these myths are rooted in the fears and prejudice of European settlers and in the larger political agendas of a settler state aimed […]
Find out more »The Massachusetts Cultural Council Awards Reading
Every two years, the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) awards grants to some of the most talented writers and poets working in the Commonwealth. Literary artists awarded through MCC’s Artist Fellowships Program will share their work. Readers: Scott Challener Aaron Krol Chris Castellani Sean McCarthy Jessica Reik
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.