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7:00 pm
Gork, the Teenage Dragon by GABE HUDSON
Harvard Book Store welcomes Sue Kaufman Prize–winning author GABE HUDSON, author of Dear Mr. President, for a discussion of his latest novel Gork, the Teenage Dragon. HUDSON's novel is wacky, exuberant, and a heartfelt debut: the unholy child of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Harry Potter, and Sixteen Candles— but, this time, with dragons. Gork isn’t like the other dragons […]
Find out more »Kill the Ámpaya! The Best Latin American Baseball Fiction with DICK CLUSTER
Porter Square Books hosts DICK CLUSTER for a discussion of his collection of Latin American baseball fiction, Kill the Ámpaya! This collection features work from authors Leonardo Padura, Sergio Ramirez, Alexis Rosa Gomez and many more from countries such as Cuba, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela. A rich variety of baseball fiction […]
Find out more »Bestselling Mystery Novelist MICHAEL CONNELLY reads The Late Show
Brookline Booksmith welcomes MICHAEL CONNELLY with his latest mystery novel: The Late Show. A once up-and-coming detective, Renée Ballard is stuck on the Hollywood night shift since accusing a supervisor of sexual harassment. But after catching two cases she can’t let go of—the brutal beating of a prostitute, and the shooting of a young woman in […]
Find out more »10:00 pm
Porter Square Books: Late Night Poetry Lab
Join Porter Square Books at Aeronaut Brewing on the Duck Village Stage for an exploration of poetry that push boundaries of poetry and poetic performance. The July 19 performance will be "Take This Cup from Me." "Take This Cup from Me" will present multiple translations, interpretations, and reactions to Cesar Vallejo's poem of the Spanish Civil War, "Spain, Take This […]
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.