Children’s books have always been an important part of the Globe Santa gift box, but in this year of pandemic tragedy and uncertainty the program…
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‘We have no other choice’: What it’s like to run a restaurant and parent a toddler in a pandemic
Cathryn Haight October 15, 2020 | 11:15 AM The Boston.com Book Club continues to explore Makenna Goodman’s complex and captivating debut novel “The Shame” this…
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‘Everyone is grieving on some level’: Author Grace Talusan writes about the life of an essential worker
The global coronavirus pandemic has changed how we breathe, love, plan, and communicate. It has changed how we view work, especially the work that was…
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Cambridge poet Louise Glück is awarded Nobel Prize in literature
Alex Marshall and Alexandra Alter, New York Times Service October 8, 2020 The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to Louise Glück, the American poet,…
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Would you leave it all behind to start a new life?
With her two healthy children, tenure-track professor husband, and idyllic farmhouse nestled amid the boundless nature of Vermont, Alma’s life is what many would consider…
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In profane rant, Melania Trump takes aim at migrant children and critics
WASHINGTON — The first lady, Melania Trump, delivered a profanity-laced rant about Christmas decorations at the White House and mocked the plight of migrant children…
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Trump suggested naming Ivanka as his running mate in 2016, according to new book by Rick Gates
As Donald Trump’s top campaign aides began a discussion in June 2016 about who the presumptive Republican presidential nominee should select as his running mate,…
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Join the Boston.com Book Club to talk ‘Full Dissidence’ with author Howard Bryant
In our final dive into Howard Bryant’s essay collection, “Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field,” the Boston.com Book Club continues to explore how…
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Everything you need to know about the Boston.com Book Club
Paul Swydan August 21, 2020 | 10:27 AM Book golf equipment are enjoyable. There are national guide golf equipment, celeb guide golf equipment, guide golf…
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Judge blocks publication of book by Trump’s niece
A New York judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the publication of Mary L. Trump’s scathing book about President Donald Trump, her uncle, which describes him…
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Libraries are resuming in-person borrowing services. Here’s how Cambridge is approaching a phased reopening.
Good news for bookworms and bibliophiles — more and more libraries are offering in-person borrowing services as part of the state’s phased reopening following shutdowns…
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Trump’s niece to publish book with ‘harrowing’ revelations, report says
Neil Vigdor, The New York Times Company June 15, 2020 | 8:29 AM A niece of President Donald Trump will divulge a series of “harrowing…
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Boston Public Library launching ‘to go’ service for book pickups
The Boston Public Library introduced this week it’s launching a program that may permit library patrons to choose up books and different library supplies beginning…
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J.K. Rowling’s tweets on transgender people spark outrage
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Harry Potter” writer J.Ok. Rowling is dealing with hefty backlash after she posted a sequence of tweets about transgender people. Rowling…
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The Boston Book Festival is looking for essays about this challenging time
For its new community-wide venture, At Home Boston, the Boston Book Festival is gathering 200-word nonfiction essays from folks throughout the Greater Boston space. Everyone…
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10 New Books We Recommend This Week
The nice American Zen poet and eco-warrior Gary Snyder turns 90 on Friday. I’ve been considering quite a bit about Snyder these days, together with…
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Did Jesus Ever Tie the Knot? A New Novel Considers the Question
JESUS, MARY — AND ANA Writing a novel about Jesus’ spouse takes chutzpah, which Sue Monk Kidd seems to have. The veteran writer has tackled…
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Pandemics of the Past
It was, it appeared, the finish of the world — and that was earlier than the plague got here. In the first decade of the…
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Michael McClure, Present at Beat Poetry’s Birth, Dies at 87
Michael McClure, who at 22 helped usher within the Beat motion as a part of a famed poetry studying at the Six Gallery in San…
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Rivers Merge in St. Louis. So Do Racism, Violence and Exclusion.
A century in the past, W.E.B. Du Bois wrote about St. Louis, a metropolis that “sprawls where mighty rivers meet,” and provided an post-mortem of…
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