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English professor Barbara Lewis talked about the time in which poet Phillis Wheatley lived. She spoke about Boston’s treatment of slaves and Phillis Wheatley’s standing in her master’s house…

Harriet Reisen talked about her book Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women (Henry Holt and Co.; October 27, 2009). In her book she recounts the life of Louisa May Alcott, writer, …

Panelists presented their arguments for the book most worthy of the National Book Award in 1902, some fifty years before the actual award was created. The books up for consideration were The…

Three authors, Peter Gomes, Kathryn Lasky and E.O. Wilson, presented their arguments for the book most worthy of the National Book Award in 1901, some fifty years before the actual award was…

Douglass Shand-Tucci talked about his book, “The Art of Scandal: The Life and Times of Isabella Stewart Gardner.” Ms. Gardner was an art collector and friend to many artists and literary fig…

In the last of a series of six interviews with Boston literary figures, Liam Kelly, Boston Public Library Acting Director, talked about how he became director of one of the oldest and larges…