Books/PoetryAs Pandemic Impacts Business, Frugal Bookstore Offers A Silver Lining In Nubian SquareThe Roxbury bookstore was on the verge of closing, but thanks to a successful GoFundMe campaign, the store is safe for now. The ARTeryMay 19, 2020Edward Delaney's Novella Collection 'The Big Impossible' Resonates Strength And BeautyHis latest book collects several shorter works that showcase his keen eye for detail and skill in crafting naturalistic dialogue.The ARTeryMay 6, 2020All She Wrote — A Pop-Up Book Shop And 10 Reading RecommendationsThe Somerville-based All She Wrote Books offers ways to connect during social distancing and contributor Cathryn Haight has a list of books from women writers with New England ties.The ARTeryApr 28, 2020Virtual Poetry Open Mics Offer A Healing Respite From Daily WorriesIt’s National Poetry Month and as people are forced to stay home, virtual open mics have become one way artists share words and emotions.PlayThe ARTery04:55Apr 27, 2020A Worcester Youth Poet Was Set To Compete Nationally, Then Came The CoronavirusNext week, 18-year-old Anya Barrett would have been representing Massachusetts as she competed in the 2020 Poetry Out Loud championship. But the coronavirus put that on hold.The ARTeryApr 23, 2020In 'Passage West,' Rishi Reddi Navigates The History Of South Asians Working In AmericaThe little-known history of South Asians working in the lumber mills of the Pacific Northwest, on California farms, and fighting in World War I became the inspiration for Reddi’s debut...The ARTeryApr 23, 2020Poetry In The Time Of CoronavirusApril is National Poetry Month, but this one has been like no other before. We asked 10 poets to share what they've been working on during the pandemic and came...The ARTeryApr 21, 2020Candlewick Press And MIT Press Collaborate On Two Imprints for Children, TeensThe publishers plan to roll out nonfiction and fiction titles to provide hands-on learning for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math) subjects.The ARTeryApr 15, 2020In Latest Book, Michele McPhee Investigates 'Mayhem' Surrounding The Boston Marathon BombingIn her seventh true-crime book, McPhee investigates the crossed connections and alleyways of the Tsarnaev brothers and the U.S. government.The ARTeryApr 14, 2020In Memoir 'Spirit Run,' Noé Álvarez Relays An Existential ReckoningÁlvarez’s memoir recounts how a grueling ultramarathon offered a powerful spiritual reckoning with his ancestors, the land and himself.The ARTeryApr 13, 2020In Essay Collection, Author Megan Sandberg-Zakian Argues 'There Must Be Happy Endings'“There Must Be Happy Endings” is part theatrical analysis, part “coming of artistic age” story.The ARTeryApr 8, 2020Tracing An American Dance Revolution Through The Life Of Ted ShawnAuthor Paul A. Scolieri’s new book tells the story of the performer, international cultural explorer, indefatigable missionary of a new brand of movement and founder of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.The ARTeryApr 7, 20208 Reads By New England Authors While You’re Socially DistancingFrom a novel about a woman in crisis to a book of elegy poetry, these books will transport you to other worlds.The ARTeryApr 6, 2020Filmmaker Brian De Palma Takes First Foray Into Crime Fiction With Sinewy Thriller 'Are Snakes Necessary?'Written with his partner Susan Lehman, the book tells the tawdry tale of a political fixer playing whack-a-mole with the skeletons in an oversexed U.S. Senator’s closet.The ARTeryMar 31, 2020Demand For E-books Rises At Area Libraries"We're just doing the best that we can until things get back to normal," says librarian Caitlin Browne, "which I'm imagining will be a long time from now."The ARTeryMar 20, 2020Toward A Joyful Self-Quarantine: Find The Right Artist And Go To Town. (Virtually)A guide to binging more purposefully and artfully.The ARTeryMar 17, 2020In 'The Yellow Bird Sings,' A Mother-Daughter Bond Is Tested In 1941 PolandIn her debut novel, Jennifer Rosner delves into the life or death stakes that threaten to tear mother and daughter apart and the risks taken for survival. The ARTeryMar 4, 2020Jamaica Plain's Woman-Owned Bookstore Papercuts Moves And Gets BiggerPapercuts got a major upgrade this month. The ARTeryFeb 27, 2020Modern Mythmaking In Ken Liu's 'The Hidden Girl And Other Stories'This latest short story collection explores ideas such as the intersection of tradition and progress, the fallibility of memory and the essence of what it means to be human.The ARTeryFeb 24, 2020A Gothic Twist In A Tale of TranscendentalistsClare Beams' new book "The Illness Lesson" echoes the Alcotts' story, with a dark turn.The ARTeryFeb 12, 2020 Previous PageNext Page
As Pandemic Impacts Business, Frugal Bookstore Offers A Silver Lining In Nubian SquareThe Roxbury bookstore was on the verge of closing, but thanks to a successful GoFundMe campaign, the store is safe for now. The ARTeryMay 19, 2020
Edward Delaney's Novella Collection 'The Big Impossible' Resonates Strength And BeautyHis latest book collects several shorter works that showcase his keen eye for detail and skill in crafting naturalistic dialogue.The ARTeryMay 6, 2020
All She Wrote — A Pop-Up Book Shop And 10 Reading RecommendationsThe Somerville-based All She Wrote Books offers ways to connect during social distancing and contributor Cathryn Haight has a list of books from women writers with New England ties.The ARTeryApr 28, 2020
Virtual Poetry Open Mics Offer A Healing Respite From Daily WorriesIt’s National Poetry Month and as people are forced to stay home, virtual open mics have become one way artists share words and emotions.PlayThe ARTery04:55Apr 27, 2020
A Worcester Youth Poet Was Set To Compete Nationally, Then Came The CoronavirusNext week, 18-year-old Anya Barrett would have been representing Massachusetts as she competed in the 2020 Poetry Out Loud championship. But the coronavirus put that on hold.The ARTeryApr 23, 2020
In 'Passage West,' Rishi Reddi Navigates The History Of South Asians Working In AmericaThe little-known history of South Asians working in the lumber mills of the Pacific Northwest, on California farms, and fighting in World War I became the inspiration for Reddi’s debut...The ARTeryApr 23, 2020
Poetry In The Time Of CoronavirusApril is National Poetry Month, but this one has been like no other before. We asked 10 poets to share what they've been working on during the pandemic and came...The ARTeryApr 21, 2020
Candlewick Press And MIT Press Collaborate On Two Imprints for Children, TeensThe publishers plan to roll out nonfiction and fiction titles to provide hands-on learning for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts and math) subjects.The ARTeryApr 15, 2020
In Latest Book, Michele McPhee Investigates 'Mayhem' Surrounding The Boston Marathon BombingIn her seventh true-crime book, McPhee investigates the crossed connections and alleyways of the Tsarnaev brothers and the U.S. government.The ARTeryApr 14, 2020
In Memoir 'Spirit Run,' Noé Álvarez Relays An Existential ReckoningÁlvarez’s memoir recounts how a grueling ultramarathon offered a powerful spiritual reckoning with his ancestors, the land and himself.The ARTeryApr 13, 2020
In Essay Collection, Author Megan Sandberg-Zakian Argues 'There Must Be Happy Endings'“There Must Be Happy Endings” is part theatrical analysis, part “coming of artistic age” story.The ARTeryApr 8, 2020
Tracing An American Dance Revolution Through The Life Of Ted ShawnAuthor Paul A. Scolieri’s new book tells the story of the performer, international cultural explorer, indefatigable missionary of a new brand of movement and founder of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.The ARTeryApr 7, 2020
8 Reads By New England Authors While You’re Socially DistancingFrom a novel about a woman in crisis to a book of elegy poetry, these books will transport you to other worlds.The ARTeryApr 6, 2020
Filmmaker Brian De Palma Takes First Foray Into Crime Fiction With Sinewy Thriller 'Are Snakes Necessary?'Written with his partner Susan Lehman, the book tells the tawdry tale of a political fixer playing whack-a-mole with the skeletons in an oversexed U.S. Senator’s closet.The ARTeryMar 31, 2020
Demand For E-books Rises At Area Libraries"We're just doing the best that we can until things get back to normal," says librarian Caitlin Browne, "which I'm imagining will be a long time from now."The ARTeryMar 20, 2020
Toward A Joyful Self-Quarantine: Find The Right Artist And Go To Town. (Virtually)A guide to binging more purposefully and artfully.The ARTeryMar 17, 2020
In 'The Yellow Bird Sings,' A Mother-Daughter Bond Is Tested In 1941 PolandIn her debut novel, Jennifer Rosner delves into the life or death stakes that threaten to tear mother and daughter apart and the risks taken for survival. The ARTeryMar 4, 2020
Jamaica Plain's Woman-Owned Bookstore Papercuts Moves And Gets BiggerPapercuts got a major upgrade this month. The ARTeryFeb 27, 2020
Modern Mythmaking In Ken Liu's 'The Hidden Girl And Other Stories'This latest short story collection explores ideas such as the intersection of tradition and progress, the fallibility of memory and the essence of what it means to be human.The ARTeryFeb 24, 2020
A Gothic Twist In A Tale of TranscendentalistsClare Beams' new book "The Illness Lesson" echoes the Alcotts' story, with a dark turn.The ARTeryFeb 12, 2020
