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Matthew Desmond finds that Dickens cuts closer to the truth of how poverty really works than nonfiction

For the author of “Poverty, By America,” economics has a human face
BOOKS

Hummingbird Books ships challenged titles to readers in South Carolina

The Chestnut Hill bookstore joins with Beaufort County organizations to combat literary censorship

Novelist Rhonda DeChambeau persisted for many years. Finally, recognition.

For the Boston Public Library’s most recent writer-in-residence, perseverance leads to a two-book deal.
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Olga Ravn, in ‘My Work,’ turns a jaundiced eye on the experience of giving birth

When motherhood splinters the self, the work of Ravn’s narrator involves gathering up the pieces.

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Providence’s beloved Riffraff bookstore and bar have new owners that plan on keeping it just the same
Just three months after it hit the market for $250,000, the ever-popular RiffRaff Bookstore and Bar in Providence’s West End neighborhood has been purchased by Ottavia De Luca and Lucas Mann.

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Marty Baron, author of the new book ‘Collision of Power,’ tells the stories behind the stories
The esteemed newspaper editor who led the Miami Herald, the Boston Globe, and The Washington Post through fraught times shows us how a tumultuous era of news got made

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Emily Wilson’s new translation of ‘The Iliad’ brings a Zoomer-generation vibe to the classical war epic
Emily Wilson's new translation of "The Iliad" brings a Zoomer-generation vibe to the classical war epic, injecting a modern sensibility to battle that asks, a la 1969: War, what's it good for?

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Rebecca Clarren’s Jewish ancestors fled a pogrom in Odesa for the US. They started over in South Dakota — on stolen land
The author of ‘The Cost of Free Land’ explores the connection between her family’s history and the disenfranchisement of the Lakota people.

The best books of 2022

Of the countless wonderful titles published in 2022, here’s a highly subjective list of 55 we loved most in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and works for children and young adults.
The year’s best cookbooks showcase culture, connection — and even convenienceHere are the 20 new books we’re most excited to read this fall

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BOOKINGS

Author readings around Boston Oct. 1-7

All author appearances are in person and free unless otherwise noted.

NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS

All She Wrote Books set to reopen in East Somerville; new book of portraits brings dignity to those afflicted by Alzheimer’s; Letters About Literature program opens on October 2

A roundup of literary news in and around the Boston/New England area.

BOOKS

Local bestsellers for the week ended Sept. 24

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

Boston Public Library joins ‘Books Unbanned’ initiative, opening digital collection to teens, young adults across US

The program, first established by the Brooklyn Public Library last year, allows anyone from ages 13 to 26 who lives in the United States to obtain a Boston Public Library e-card to check out e-books and digital audiobooks.

BOOKS

What does ‘pleasure reading’ mean when your job is reading books?

A book critic explains what he means by "fun."

BOOKS

Vermont’s lieutenant governor takes banned books on the road

In response to the increase in book challenges around the country, David Zuckerman has organized a statewide Banned Books Tour, sparking lively community conversations about democracy and freedom in the process.

BOOKS

Josh Barkan, whose memoir ‘Wonder Travels’ chronicles his divorce, takes readers around the world

The author traveled to Mexico, Spain, Italy, France, and Morocco in a journey of catharsis.

BIBLIOPHILES

Steve Inskeep believes in books as the ‘antidote’ to a technophilic age

The voice of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’ finds history grounding.