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Visual Art/Design Book Review: “America Goes Modern” — The Triumph of the Beautiful and the Functional

May 17, 2023
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America Goes Modern does splendid justice to the genesis of a miraculous design phenomenon.

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Visual Art Preview: “Days of Punk” Showcases Hallowed Era in Boston’s Music History

May 16, 2023
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This is the first time Michael Grecco, who was a photojournalist for the Associated Press from 1978-83 and then a staff photographer for the Boston Herald — while regularly shooting shows at night for WBCN and Boston Rock — will exhibit this collection in the U.S. northeast.

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Book Reviews: Chronicles of Russia’s War on Ukraine — Hope Is the Thing with Teeth

May 15, 2023
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Two powerufl volumes show that Ukraine’s greatest weapons against Russia are hope and unity.

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Book Review: “Künstlers in Paradise” — A Beach Read for the Cultured Sunbather

May 15, 2023
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This is a whimsical, well-written novel about an artistically respected Jewish family who managed to escape Nazi-annexed Austria at a perilously late date — September, 1939.

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Book Review: “Second Star and other reasons for lingering” — Making the Case for Concentration

May 14, 2023
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The point of the revelatory exercises in Second Star is to mentally invigorate, to sharpen how we look at the things in plain sight that we take for granted.

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Book Review: “Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs” — Surveying the Surveillance State

May 12, 2023
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Kerry Howley’s expose is a vibrant report on the chaotic and often disquieting world of surveillance and national security.

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Children’s Book Reviews: Spotlight on Animal Friends

May 12, 2023
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Children’s picture books about dogs and cats are plentiful, but a few new entries in the genre stand out.

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Book Review: “Back to the Dirt” — An American Apocalypse in Progress

May 11, 2023
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All of the characters in Back to the Dirt are, in a sense, survivalists, people clinging onto what’s long gone, stockpiling karma for an apocalypse that is already upon them.

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Book Review: “Fearless Women” — A Vivid, Rounded Portrait of the Choices Facing America’s Women

May 9, 2023
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Fearless Women is so well-written, so well researched, and so engaging that you will find it of real value even as it tells some stories you thought you already knew.

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Book Review: “Soccer Grannies” — A Marvelous Book About an Amazing Woman

May 8, 2023
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Nobody reading about Rebecca “Beka” Ntsanwisi, aka “Mama Beka,” can feel anything but good. This extraordinary South African woman has built a network of soccer teams made up of grandmothers throughout her country.

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