GBH reports on work by local online entrepreneur Paul English and Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners member Joyce Linehan to set up BannedBooksUSA, which lets Floridians pick a book from a list of books their governor objects to and then order it for just the price of shipping. Read more.
The BU News Service reports the number of books people don't want other people's children to see in school libraries is still small here compared to, say, states shaped like a penis, but that the numbers are growing. One book-banning group, which has two chapters in Massachusetts, says they're not trying to ban anything, but rather trying to "curate" what other people's children can read.
The Friends Booksale has Portuguese Books! Get them while there here!
The inaugural Boston Book Festival is Saturday in & around Copley Square. Hey, it's about time!
Julie Powell went to Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is the Julie in the pair Julie & Julia, the author of the book by that title, and the person Amy Adams plays in the movie by Nora Ephron.
Lauren Beckham Falcone reviews a book about "the happiest place on earth" by a "Disney addict" and reveals that she knows more drug slang than the average Mouseketeer. Perhaps that explains why it's so happy, though her references call up some pretty unhappy situations...
http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/travel/view.bg?articleid=1175178
Diversity Speaks On Love, Friendship, and Family: A Discussion On Interracial Relationships Within The Queer Community
What could be better than smart talk, swell people and sweet food?
Feminism & Dessert, the first Tuesday of every month, is our monthly series of engagingly informal talks about subjects that impact our daily lives. Join us while we chat about interracial relationships in the queer community. Feel free to bring your dinner, but dessert's on us!
Co-sponsored by QWOC+ Boston
Based on the publisher's blurb, John Daley is intrigued by William Landay's new novel, The Strangler, which tells the tale of "the three Irish-American Daley brothers: Ricky, a thief; Michael, a lawyer; and Joe, a bent cop" in the shadow of the Boston Strangler murders. But Daley wonders:
I don't know how anyone would get the idea that cops in Boston would be named Daley.
Chris Adrian has written for the "New Yorker," and a number of literary magazines. He just published his second novel, "The Children's Hospital" (McSweeney's, 2006). If you appreciate exceptional fiction and haven't heard of Adrian, you need to check out some of his work. First, you can learn more about the man (who lives in Cambridge, incidentally) worthy of all the buzz:
Got a great summer read to suggest? Help compile a master list by submitting your recommendation to the WBUR Arts blog.
WBUR arts critic Adrienne LaFrance starts with her picks in a wide range of categories including science, art, history, new fiction, guilty pleasures (but not so guilty you could buy them in a grocery store) and more.
Throw in your two cents by visiting: http://blogs.wbur.org/arts/?p=357.
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