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For ‘Heavy’ author, collecting is right up there with reading

Author Kiese Laymon will discuss his memoir at Boston College’s Gasson Hall on Wednesday.

Patchett’s ‘The Dutch House’ inhabited by the spirits of the past

Lovers of Dickens and Bronte will feel right at home in Ann Patchett’s intricate and alluring new novel

Local bestsellers for the week ending 9/15

A list of bestsellers based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

Avenue Victor Hugo returns, the Dogtown Writers Festival debuts, and buried treasure awaits

The latest news from around the New England literary scene.

the story behind the book | kate tuttle
Brian Jay Jones goes behind the man behind the ‘Cat in the Hat’
The biographer will read from ‘Becoming Dr. Seuss’ on Thursday at the Historic Rotunda at American Ancestors.

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In ‘The Meritocracy Trap,’ a sobering look at what it takes to get ahead
A new book by Yale Law School professor Daniel Markovits argues that the American elite is built atop a precarious ‘foundational myth.’

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Greater Boston author readings Sept. 22-28

A weekly calendar of literary events.

The Story Behind the Book | Kate Tuttle

For Gina Rippon, gender equality begins with the brain

British brain researcher Gina Rippon will read at Harvard Book Store Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Salman Rushdie’s ‘Quichotte’ reroutes a legendary journey through the 21st century

The author pushes an old classic to the limit.

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‘On Fire’ a chilling prescription for a burning planet

Naomi Klein’s “On Fire” is a cri de coeur on climate change, and a plan for what to do about it

Local bestsellers for the week ending 9/8

A list of bestsellers based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

Gladwell’s ‘Talking to Strangers’ a far-flung survey of the fairly obvious

Is New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell a master of the obvious or the king of the counterintuitive? It’s a toss-up in his latest book.

New England Literary News | Nina MacLaughlin

An old surrealist, a new speaker series, and the Salem Literary Festival

The latest news from around the New England literary scene.

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For ‘Gun Island’ author, the inevitable is irresistible

Amitav Ghosh comes to the Brattle Theatre on Wednesday at 6 p.m.


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