Robin McLean's short story collection, Reptile House, will be released May 12. Come hear a sneak preview from McLean during the Boston Lit District's Literary Lunch Break series under the Destination Board at South Station. It'll be worth it. Publishers Weekly says the voice in McLean's debut collection is "spare and darkly poetic." McLean was a lawyer and then a potter before she wrote Reptile House, which was a finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Short Story Prize.

Robin McLean's short story collection, Reptile House, will be released May 12. Come hear a sneak preview from McLean during the Boston Lit District's Literary Lunch Break series under the Destination Board at South Station. It'll be worth it. Publishers Weekly says the voice in McLean's debut collection is "spare and darkly poetic." McLean was a lawyer and then a potter before she wrote Reptile House, which was a finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Short Story Prize.

Robin McLean's short story collection, Reptile House, will be released May 12. Come hear a sneak preview from McLean during the Boston Lit District's Literary Lunch Break series under the Destination Board at South Station. It'll be worth it. Publishers Weekly says the voice in McLean's debut collection is "spare and darkly poetic." McLean was a lawyer and then a potter before she wrote Reptile House, which was a finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Short Story Prize.

If you've ever had even a passing interest in forensic crime shows like CSI, you're going to love Deborah Halber talk about her book, The Skeleton Crew, at the Lit District's Literary Lunch Break in South Station. Publishers Weekly says this excellent writer's work "will be devoured by armchair detectives," while America's Most Wanted host John Walsh calls it "a page-turning behind-the-scenes look at the world of Internet sleuths who give names to the men and women who have died…

If you've ever had even a passing interest in forensic crime shows like CSI, you're going to love Deborah Halber talk about her book, The Skeleton Crew, at the Lit District's Literary Lunch Break in South Station. Publishers Weekly says this excellent writer's work "will be devoured by armchair detectives," while America's Most Wanted host John Walsh calls it "a page-turning behind-the-scenes look at the world of Internet sleuths who give names to the men and women who have died…

If you've ever had even a passing interest in forensic crime shows like CSI, you're going to love Deborah Halber talk about her book, The Skeleton Crew, at the Lit District's Literary Lunch Break in South Station. Publishers Weekly says this excellent writer's work "will be devoured by armchair detectives," while America's Most Wanted host John Walsh calls it "a page-turning behind-the-scenes look at the world of Internet sleuths who give names to the men and women who have died…

If you've ever had even a passing interest in forensic crime shows like CSI, you're going to love Deborah Halber talk about her book, The Skeleton Crew, at the Lit District's Literary Lunch Break in South Station. Publishers Weekly says this excellent writer's work "will be devoured by armchair detectives," while America's Most Wanted host John Walsh calls it "a page-turning behind-the-scenes look at the world of Internet sleuths who give names to the men and women who have died…

The Clover House, Henriette Lazaridis' "stunning debut novel" (USA Today), is "well-paced and filled with likable, plausibly flawed characters," says Kirkus Reviews. Readers agree. It was a Boston Globe bestseller. Come hear Lazaridis talk about her powerful story of family, betrayal, and even forgiveness. It's worth your lunch hour. Booklist says she "melds the stories of mother and daughter into an absorbing tale that deserves to rank high on the list of women’s fiction."

The Clover House, Henriette Lazaridis' "stunning debut novel" (USA Today), is "well-paced and filled with likable, plausibly flawed characters," says Kirkus Reviews. Readers agree. It was a Boston Globe bestseller. Come hear Lazaridis talk about her powerful story of family, betrayal, and even forgiveness. It's worth your lunch hour. Booklist says she "melds the stories of mother and daughter into an absorbing tale that deserves to rank high on the list of women’s fiction."

The Clover House, Henriette Lazaridis' "stunning debut novel" (USA Today), is "well-paced and filled with likable, plausibly flawed characters," says Kirkus Reviews. Readers agree. It was a Boston Globe bestseller. Come hear Lazaridis talk about her powerful story of family, betrayal, and even forgiveness. It's worth your lunch hour. Booklist says she "melds the stories of mother and daughter into an absorbing tale that deserves to rank high on the list of women’s fiction."

The Clover House, Henriette Lazaridis' "stunning debut novel" (USA Today), is "well-paced and filled with likable, plausibly flawed characters," says Kirkus Reviews. Readers agree. It was a Boston Globe bestseller. Come hear Lazaridis talk about her powerful story of family, betrayal, and even forgiveness. It's worth your lunch hour. Booklist says she "melds the stories of mother and daughter into an absorbing tale that deserves to rank high on the list of women’s fiction."

Pediatrician Lisa Wong incorporates music into the daily care of her patients because, as she puts it, "access to the arts is critical to the development of the whole child." Her self-professed life goal, in fact, is "to promote the re-integration of the creative arts into all aspects of medicine." She lays it all out in Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine, commenting that there may come a day when doctors write prescriptions…

Pediatrician Lisa Wong incorporates music into the daily care of her patients because, as she puts it, "access to the arts is critical to the development of the whole child." Her self-professed life goal, in fact, is "to promote the re-integration of the creative arts into all aspects of medicine." She lays it all out in Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine, commenting that there may come a day when doctors write prescriptions…

Pediatrician Lisa Wong incorporates music into the daily care of her patients because, as she puts it, "access to the arts is critical to the development of the whole child." Her self-professed life goal, in fact, is "to promote the re-integration of the creative arts into all aspects of medicine." She lays it all out in Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine, commenting that there may come a day when doctors write prescriptions…

Pediatrician Lisa Wong incorporates music into the daily care of her patients because, as she puts it, "access to the arts is critical to the development of the whole child." Her self-professed life goal, in fact, is "to promote the re-integration of the creative arts into all aspects of medicine." She lays it all out in Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine, commenting that there may come a day when doctors write prescriptions…

New York Times bestselling author Dick Lehr (Black Mass) is out with Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War. The book examines the sway of a film that glorifies the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan juxtaposed against the efforts of a respected African American newspaper editor who tried to stop the movie from being shown in Boston. (Mayor Curley doesn't come away looking good.) The Washington Post calls the work…

New York Times bestselling author Dick Lehr (Black Mass) is out with Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War. The book examines the sway of a film that glorifies the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan juxtaposed against the efforts of a respected African American newspaper editor who tried to stop the movie from being shown in Boston. (Mayor Curley doesn't come away looking good.) The Washington Post calls the work…

New York Times bestselling author Dick Lehr (Black Mass) is out with Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War. The book examines the sway of a film that glorifies the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan juxtaposed against the efforts of a respected African American newspaper editor who tried to stop the movie from being shown in Boston. (Mayor Curley doesn't come away looking good.) The Washington Post calls the work…

New York Times bestselling author Dick Lehr (Black Mass) is out with Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War. The book examines the sway of a film that glorifies the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan juxtaposed against the efforts of a respected African American newspaper editor who tried to stop the movie from being shown in Boston. (Mayor Curley doesn't come away looking good.) The Washington Post calls the work…

E. Forbes Smiley, a respectable antiquarian map dealer, spent years doubling as a map thief -- until he was finally arrested one day slipping maps out of books in the Yale University Library. To write a full-length work about Smiley, investigative journalist Michael Blanding gained access to the man himself -- no mean feat. No wonder The Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls Blanding's much heralded work, The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless…

E. Forbes Smiley, a respectable antiquarian map dealer, spent years doubling as a map thief -- until he was finally arrested one day slipping maps out of books in the Yale University Library. To write a full-length work about Smiley, investigative journalist Michael Blanding gained access to the man himself -- no mean feat. No wonder The Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls Blanding's much heralded work, The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless…

E. Forbes Smiley, a respectable antiquarian map dealer, spent years doubling as a map thief -- until he was finally arrested one day slipping maps out of books in the Yale University Library. To write a full-length work about Smiley, investigative journalist Michael Blanding gained access to the man himself -- no mean feat. No wonder The Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls Blanding's much heralded work, The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless…

E. Forbes Smiley, a respectable antiquarian map dealer, spent years doubling as a map thief -- until he was finally arrested one day slipping maps out of books in the Yale University Library. To write a full-length work about Smiley, investigative journalist Michael Blanding gained access to the man himself -- no mean feat. No wonder The Minneapolis Star-Tribune calls Blanding's much heralded work, The Map Thief: The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-Map Dealer Who Made Millions Stealing Priceless…

In March of 1877, humorist Mark Twain was staying at the Parker House (School Street by Tremont) in room 168. A reporter from the Globe entered Twain’s room, shuttled in by a porter. After a pause of several moments, Twain swiveled around in his large easy chair and faced his visitor. With a local newspaper in hand and puffing on a large cigar, he observed to the reporter, “You see for yourself that I’m pretty near heaven—not theologically, of course,…

In March of 1877, humorist Mark Twain was staying at the Parker House (School Street by Tremont) in room 168. A reporter from the Globe entered Twain’s room, shuttled in by a porter. After a pause of several moments, Twain swiveled around in his large easy chair and faced his visitor. With a local newspaper in hand and puffing on a large cigar, he observed to the reporter, “You see for yourself that I’m pretty near heaven—not theologically, of course,…

In March of 1877, humorist Mark Twain was staying at the Parker House (School Street by Tremont) in room 168. A reporter from the Globe entered Twain’s room, shuttled in by a porter. After a pause of several moments, Twain swiveled around in his large easy chair and faced his visitor. With a local newspaper in hand and puffing on a large cigar, he observed to the reporter, “You see for yourself that I’m pretty near heaven—not theologically, of course,…