Literature
How Did Juul Rise So Fast and Crash So Hard?
As a health reporter, Jamie Ducharme has been covering vaping for years, but it wasn’t until the steady increase in attention on teen Juul usage […]
Luke O’Neil Found Fresh Hell in the Suburbs. But What Exactly Did He Leave Behind?
Back on a random Friday in November of 2019, I walked out of Great Scott for the last time. A whole bar full of us […]
42 Books to Help You Get Through the Rest of Quarantine, Chosen by Boston Booksellers
It’s been nearly a year since the COVID pandemic shut down the city. It’s cold and nasty out. You’ve driven the scenic drives, you’ve memorized […]
Settle in with Some Hot Chocolate and Read the Best Longreads of the Year
Look, this year is almost over. This awful, baffling, enraging, heartbreaking mess of a year has almost, almost drawn to a close. You’re so close […]
The Interview: Author Robin Cook
Author of best-selling medical thrillers such as Pandemic, Outbreak, and Contagion (along with 34 other titles), Robin Cook’s works have often addressed the question of […]
How Arlington’s Sarah Kamya Is Diversifying Little Free Libraries Across the Country
When the COVID-19 pandemic sent workers everywhere home, Sarah Kamya, a school counselor in New York City, decamped to her hometown of Arlington, Massachusetts. To […]
Books about Race, Power and the Black Experience, Chosen by Four Black Boston Authors
As we organize, march, and donate to demand justice in the wake of the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, now is […]
Where to Find Virtual Author Talks and Book Events around Boston This Spring
While the coronavirus pandemic continues to keep most Bostonians at home, local bookstores and literacy organizations are coming up with creative ways to engage with […]
31 Books to Read While Self-Isolating, Chosen by Boston Booksellers
As this uncertain period of self-isolation and social distance stretches on, you might now be reaching the point where the novelty of board games, virtual […]
Q&A: Partners and Co-Authors Ben and Tonya Mezrich
Tell us a little about your latest children’s book, which is the third in the Charlie Numbers series. Ben: The series is about a group […]
Stephen King Is Turning His Home into a Museum and Writer’s Retreat
“I think it disapproved of us at first,” Stephen King wrote in an 1983 essay about his Bangor, Maine abode. “The parlor seemed cold in a way […]
The Boston Book Festival Has Announced Its One City One Story Selection
While we may still be enjoying the dog days of summer, October’s annual Boston Book Festival isn’t too far off in the distance. As such, […]
Hotel Commonwealth Will Pick an Up-and-Coming Writer for a Two-Week Residency
Got a killer book idea, but need a little extra push to get things going? Consider this your motivation: Boston’s Hotel Commonwealth is giving away a free […]
Everything You’ve Read About Harvard’s Winklevoss Twins Is Wrong
I’ve always believed that if the Winklevoss twins didn’t exist in real life, Hollywood would have invented them. As portrayed nearly a decade ago in […]
The Interview: Historian David McCullough
There’s no such thing as boring history, only boring historians. At least that’s how David McCullough, America’s liveliest historian, sees it. As a yarn-spinner, he’s reintroduced […]