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An interview with Ceridwen Dovey, author of Blood Kin

Ceridwen Dovey's first novel, Blood Kin, is a fable of the corruptive nature of power written from the perspective of those who perform non-political...
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Man Booker longlist announced

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The longlist for the prestigious Man Booker Prize was announced today. Traditionally referred to as the Man Booker Dozen, the list of thirteen novels...
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Literary Happening: Paul Muldoon in Cambridge

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Previously unpublished Graham Greene novel to be serialized

On the heels of announcements that previously unseen manuscripts from Vladimir Nabokov and Lucy Maud Montgomery are to be published comes news that a...
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Literary Happening: The Dollar Store Super Summer Tour of Awesomeness

featherproof books’ Dollar Store Super Summer Tour of Awesomeness comes to the Brookline Booksmith this Tuesday at 7pm. In case the title...
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A scandalous week: Hemingway a KGB spy, Nabokov and Playboy, a darker Green Gables

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This week, the U.K.'s Guardian published three stories that shook the reputations of some of the Western world's most beloved authors. Perhaps the...
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Literary Happening: Charles Simic, former U.S. Poet Laureate, in Cambridge

This Sunday at 4pm, former U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic will be reading at the East Lawn of the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge....
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Excerpt of Nabokov's Unpublished Final Work to Appear in Playboy

The late Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished novella, The Original of Laura, is set to see the light of day this November, per The New York Observer. And...
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Literary Happenings: Tao Lin in Brookline, Ron Currie Jr. in Harvard Square

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This week will see three young and increasingly prominent writers speaking in Brookline and Cambridge. This Tuesday at 7pm poets Tao Lin and Brandon...
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An interview with Reif Larsen, author of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

Reif Larsen read from his bestselling book The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet last Thursday at the Boston Public Library. The next day, I was lucky...
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