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Daron Acemoglu presents THE NARROW CORRIDOR: STATES SOCIETIES,AND THE FATE OF LIBERTY at the Harvard Book Store

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New England Poetry Club Award Winners Reading and Reception at Cambridge Public Library

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Jake Brennan presents DISGRACELAND in conversation with Adam Weiner at Coolidge Corner Theatre

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Ann Patchett presents THE DUTCH HOUSE at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Billy Bragg presents THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF FREEDOM in conversation with Cass R. Sunstein at Cambridge Public Library

Jill Lepore presents THESE TRUTHS: A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES in conversation with Robin Young at WBUR CitySpace

Caroline Kaufman presents WHEN THE WORLD DIDN’T END: POEMS at Harvard Book Store

Maureen Stanton discusses BODY LEAPING BACKWARD at Wellesley Books

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Richard Russo presents CHANCES ARE . . . : A NOVEL at Brattle Theatre

Jennifer Block presents EVERYTHING BELOW THE WAIST: WHY HEALTH CARE NEEDS A FEMINIST REVOLUTION in conversation with Jaclyn Friedman at Harvard Book Store

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Author Talk and Book Signing with Edwin Hill at the State Library of Massachusetts

Stephen Chbosky presents IMAGINARY FRIEND: A NOVEL at Brattle Theatre

Fanny Howe presents LOVE AND I: POEMS at Harvard Book Store

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Lisa Duggan presents MEAN GIRL: AYN RAND AND THE CULTURE OF GREED in conversation with Lauren Kaminsky at Harvard Book Store

Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant present THE GIFT INSIDE THE BOX in conversation with Daniel Gilbert at First Parish Church

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R.J. Palacio presents WHITE BIRD at Coolidge Corner Theatre

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Special Signing Event: Felicia Day at Porter Square Books

Marie Lu presents REBEL in conversation with Kiersten Frost at Coolidge Corner Theatre

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Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.