Books
‘Huddleston Road’ a Tired, Clichéd Love Story
“All you need is love,” a certain well-known English band once sang. But love is not enough to hold together every story of British love. John Toomey attempts to portray a deep and flawed emotional connection between his main characters Vic and Lali, but mostly fails at establishing any sort of realism.
Donoghue’s Historical Latest a Mixed Collection
The stories in Emma Donoghue’s new collection “Astray” traffic in concerns with flight and longing. It’s a shame that a good half of the collection, like Donoghue’s doomed characters, never makes it past the departure point, resulting in a book that ranges from riveting intrigue to disconnected shlock.
'Back to Blood' A Flat Portrayal of Urban Idiosyncracies
In “Back to Blood,” Tom Wolfe tries to represent modern American life and the difficulty of maintaining distinct cultures in a rapidly homogenizing city. He ends up, however, betraying his age and separation from pop culture in awkward prose and word choices that are distracting from the central story.
"Page to Screen"
From left to right, authors Nick Flynn (Another Bullshit Night in Suck City), Daniel Handler (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Buzz Bissinger (Friday Night Lights), Rachel Cohn (Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist), and Andrew Dubus III (The House of Sand and Fog) discussed the process involved in turning their books into movies on Friday night at the Old South Church in Boston. The panel, "Page to Screen,"was moderated by Wesley Morris (far right), and was part of the Boston Book Festival's series of lectures over the weekend. After the panel discussion and questions from the audience, all five authors gathered for a signing of their books.
This Weekend In Arts: 10/26-10/28
There are so many shows, performances, and galleries in and around Harvard Square that sometimes it's hard to know where ...
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Nobel-Prize winning economist, Professor Amartya Sen of the Harvard Economics Department, lead one of the panel discussions at the book launch of "The Cost of Inaction." The event was organized by the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health and held at the Charles Hotel. Professor Sen wrote the foreword of the book.
Reader Redux: Identifying With Gatsby In Love and Stress
Aaron Aceves explains how "The Great Gatsby" has elicited different emotions from him as he ages.