Boston Lit District Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Today, @fbhutto presents NEW KINGS OF THE WORLD: DISPATCHES FROM BOLLYWOOD, DZI, & K-POP @HarvardBooks; @camforum Christopher Leonard presents KOCHLAND: THE SECRET HISTORY OF KOCH INDUSTRIES AND CORPORATE POWER IN AMERICA; https://t.co/d0S8VVFliQ https://t.co/nYVrgwLJr6

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Author Henry James became known around the turn of the 20th century for novels such as The Portrait of a Lady & The Bostonians. James spent much of his life in Europe but he & his family lived in Boston at various times & James revisited during his The American Scene book tour. https://t.co/ftkMFqocc4

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Today, @writersofboston OPEN HOUSE w/ @TracyS_Writer; Author Talk Series: Wiebke von Carolsfeld & @JeanKwok @BPLBoston; David Mura reading A STRANGER’S JOURNEY @EmersonCollege; Lit Up Gala @LaughBoston; https://t.co/9NHTmH7mEO https://t.co/94E5IsRZnB

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Today in the Lit District: Suzanne Staubach presents A GARDEN MISCELLANY: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ELEMENTS OF THE GARDEN @HarvardBooks; Julie Dobrow presents AFTER EMILY: TWO REMARKABLE WOMEN AND THE LEGACY OF AMERICA’S GREATEST POET @TridentBooks

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Today: @Farah_Pandith: How We Win @BPLBoston; @evachen212 & @derekdesierto present JUNO VALENTINE AND THE FANTASTIC FASHION ADVENTURE @thecoolidge; Harvard Square Book Circle discusses Shirley Jackson’s THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE @HarvardBooks; for more: https://t.co/ZZfLUdI4SO https://t.co/G6AcbfIVL3

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Today in the Lit District: Harvard Square Book Circle discusses Ali Smith’s HOW TO BE BOTH @HarvardBooks HOW TO BE BOTH is a novel all about art’s versatility. It’s a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. info: https://t.co/06iyi76T6o https://t.co/DHDWuK0AqJ

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William Dean Howells began his notable literary career as an apprentice typesetter. For Atlantic Monthly he wrote book reviews & humorous anecdotes, that became the collection Suburban Sketches. He was politically active, especially in the trials after the Haymarket Riots of 1886 https://t.co/aDgv1X0agr

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Happy Birthday to Louisa May Alcott, author of #LittleWomen. The novel was based on her family & reflected some of their own poverty. Alcott wrote the novel at the urging of her publisher who suggested she write something for a broader audience to quickly make the family money. https://t.co/XIZTtoYGNX

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Today: Holly George-Warren presenting JANIS: HER LIFE AND MUSIC at WGBH Studio @BPLBoston; @ninamaclaughlin presenting WAKE, SIREN @PorterSqBooks; @CalvinHennick presents ONCE MORE TO THE RODEO w/ @Adrian_Walker @booksmithtweets; more events & info: https://t.co/3kAFnhUQDJ

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Edward Everett Hale graduated Harvard at 17. His true calling, however, was religion, & he was ordained as a Unitarian minister before his 25th birthday. Today, He is largely remembered for his abolitionist pamphlets, histories, educational texts, travel literature & biographies. https://t.co/p5JzJHXelB