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6:00 pm
Gail Collins presents NO STOPPING US NOW: THE ADVENTURES OF OLDER WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY at Brattle Theatre
Harvard Book Store welcomes esteemed New York Times columnist GAIL COLLINS for a discussion of her new book, No Stopping Us Now: The Adventures of Older Women in American History. This event is co-sponsored by Mass Humanities. About No Stopping Us Now "You're not getting older, you're getting better," or so promised the famous 1970's ad—for […]
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Pico Iyer presents A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO JAPAN: OBSERVATIONS AND PROVOCATIONS and AUTUMN LIGHT: SEASON OF FIRE AND FAREWELLS at Harvard Book store
Harvard Book Store and the Japan Society of Boston welcome acclaimed author and travel writer PICO IYER for a discussion of his latest books, A Beginner's Guide to Japan: Observations and Provocations and Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells. About A Beginner's Guide to Japan After thirty-two years in Japan, Pico Iyer can use […]
Find out more »Denise Provost presents CURIOUS PEACH at Porter Square Books
Join us at Porter Square Books to hear Somerville poet and state representative Denise Provost read from her new collection of poetry, Curious Peach! "These poems are “old-fashioned” in the best sense of that term—unabashedly romantic and joyful in their celebration of the natural world. Full of feeling but not the least bit sentimental, this collection […]
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.