Microplastics and Me
April 10, 2024
Anna Du
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Women and Children First: The Trailblazing Life of Susan Dimock, M.D.
March 6, 2024
Susan Wilson
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Lost Towns of the Swift River Valley: Drowned by the Quabbin
December 6, 2023
Elena Palladino
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The Boston Gentlemen’s Mob: Maria Chapman and the Abolition Riot of 1835
A Salem Witch: The Trial, Execution, and Exoneration of Rebecca Nurse
October 25, 2023
Daniel Gagnon
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Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
June 6, 2023
Ilyon Woo
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Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston's Chinatown, 1880–2018
May 9, 2023
Michael Liu
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No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the Civil War Era
Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer
March 8, 2023
Kate Clifford Larson
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December '41
On Juneteenth
June 20, 2022
Annette Gordon-Reed
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In partnership with Boston Public Library, American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, and GBH Forum Network
Two Billion Caliphs: A Vision of a Muslim Future
May 18, 2022
Haroon Moghul
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In partnership with the Boston Public Library
Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
May 10, 2022
Dennis Duncan
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In partnership with the Boston Public Library and American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
For the People, Against the Tide: A Democratic Woman's Ten Years in the Massachusetts Legislature
April 27, 2022
Kathleen Teahan
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In collaboration with the Tewksbury Public Library
ReVisioning History Author Panel
March 29, 2022
ReVisioning History Author Panel
Catherine Ceniza Choy, Kali Nicole Gross, and Kyle T. Mays
Moderated by Beacon Press editor and publisher Gayatri Patnaik
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In partnership with the Boston Public Library
How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
February 28, 2022
Jerald Walker
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Co-sponsored by the Ashland Public Library, Public Library of Brookline, Tewksbury Public Library, Waltham Public Library, and Watertown Free Public Library.
Nazis of Copley Square: The Forgotten Story of the Christian Front
January 20, 2022
Charles R. Gallagher
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In partnership with the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center and Boston Public Library
Finding Sanctuary: An Artist Explores the Nature of Mass Audubon
November 22, 2021
Barry Van Dusen
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Massachusetts Must Read Authors Series
Women in the Kitchen: Twelve Essential Cookbook Writers Who Defined the Way We Eat
November 4, 2021
Anne Willan
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States ...
October 27, 2021
Reece Jones
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In partnership with the Boston Public Library and the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center.
The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics
October 19, 2021
Mae Ngai
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In partnership with Boston Public Library, American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Book Festival, and GBH Forum Network.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
September 22, 2021
Isabel Wilkerson
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Co-sponsored by Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Massachusetts Center for the Book, and Massachusetts libraries.
A "National Book Festival Near You" event: a watch party featuring a video with Isabel Wilkerson followed by a community conversation led by former State Representative Byron Rushing and Salem State Professor Roopika Risam.
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
August 24, 2021
Adam Stern, MD
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In partnership with Boston Public Library
Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America
August 17, 2021
Scott Borchert
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights
July 27, 2021
Dorothy Wickenden
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In partnership with Boston Public Library and American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
Boston's Oldest Buildings and Where to Find Them
June 3, 2021
Joseph M. Bagley
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching
June 2, 2021
Dr. Jarvis R. Givens
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In partnership with Boston Public Library, Museum of African American History and Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts
Whaling Captains of Color: America's First Meritocracy
May 25, 2021
Skip Finley
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In partnership with Boston Public Library, American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, and Museum of African American History.
Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation
April 13, 2021
Tobey Pearl
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society and Boston Public Library.
The World of Plymouth Plantation
March 25, 2021
Carla Gardina Pestana
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In partnership with Plimoth Patuxet
The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin ...
February 23, 2021
Anna Malaika Tubbs
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In partnership with Boston Public Library, Museum of African American History, and American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
Kamala's Way: An American Life
February 2, 2021
Dan Morain
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In partnership with the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library and Libraries Working Toward Social Justice
A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred Year History of America’s Hurricanes
January 13, 2021
Eric Jay Dolin
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
December 2, 2020
Nicholas Basbanes
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society and GBH Forum Network
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War
November 12, 2020
Nathaniel Philbrick
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Public Library, and GBH Forum Network
Eleanor: A Life
October 8, 2020
David Michaelis
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In partnership with Porter Square Books and American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society
Carville’s Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice
September 10, 2020
Pam Fessler
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston Public Library, and GBH Forum Network
Say I’m Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love
August 25, 2020
E. Dolores Johnson
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In partnership with American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, Museum of African American History, Boston Public Library, and GBH Forum Network.
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