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Looking back on Woodstock — the music, the people, the money

Flashbacks of Woodstock, fifty years down the road.

Solving the mystery of what to read with beach house book roulette

Novelist Brock Clarke makes three local stops to read from “Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?” 

Local bestsellers for the week ending 8/18

A list of bestsellers based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

Caleb Crain’s ‘Overthrow’ a political thriller with a radical spirit

Caleb Crain’s latest novel is a fantastical fall down the rabbit hole

book reviewTuned in to the ‘Summer of ’69’
It turns out that despite her lack of lived experience in the tensions and tumult of ’69, Elin Hilderbrand is possessed of remarkable perspective on the time.

new england literary news | nina maclaughlin
A battlefield of letters, a pair of new bookstores, and myth connections from a beloved poet
The latest news from the New England literary scene

Latest Headlines in Books

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Greater Boston author readings Aug. 25-31

A weekly calendar of literary events.

story behind the book | kate tuttle

Ibram X. Kendi explores why ‘not racist’ doesn’t equal ‘anti-racist’

The author of “How to Be an Antiracist” speaks with the Globe’s Renée Graham on Wednesday at Coolidge Corner Theatre

bibliophiles

Nell Zink on German authors, selective shelving, and sailing through ‘Byzantium’

The novelist reads from her new book “Doxology” at Harvard Book Store on September 12.

new england literary news | Nina Maclaughlin

A big boost for Ciera Burch, and a new leaf for Copper Dog Books

The latest news from the New England Literary Scene

book review

A Cross River of the mind in ‘The World Doesn’t Require You’

Rion Amilcar Scott returns readers to a world where history is stranger than fiction

book review

Jason DeParle offers an immersively reported reflection on contemporary migration

Jason DeParle offers an immersively reported reflection on contemporary migration

story behind the book | kate tuttle

‘Love at First Like’ a tale of social media engagement – of a sort

Elite Daily dating editor Hannah Orenstein will read on Tuesday at Porter Square Books

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Téa Obreht’s ‘Inland’ a poetic journey into loneliness and the American West

The author pours considerable magic and sorrow and humor into her long-awaited second novel.


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