Victor Lodato explores what it means to come home in ‘Honey’
In his third novel, Victor Lodato uses 82-year-old Honey, the daughter of a mobster, to reckon with the role biological and chosen families play in our lives.
Veteran Cambridge and Boston educator reflects on No Child Left Behind in ‘Testing Education’
Kathy Greeley, who spent 37 years in schools, experienced the fundamental change inspired by the No Child Left Behind law and its ripple effects.
Recent Wellesley grad debuts with ‘Dear Wendy,’ an aromantic/asexual YA take on campus novel
Fans of “enemies to lovers” plots are likely to enjoy “Dear Wendy,” an “enemies to friends” novel by recent Wellesley College grad Ann Zhao.
Sarah Boyer’s ‘Coming Out, Becoming Ourselves’ takes Daughters from secret society to acceptance
Sarah Boyer’s book of oral histories includes interviews with members of the Daughters of Bilitis, the first lesbian civil and political rights organization.
Rethink the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013 with Susan Clare Zalkind’s ‘Waltham Murders’
The book is based on Zalkind’s decade of reporting about a brutal triple murder in Waltham that claimed the death of her friend Erik Weissman.
Gerald Peary’s ‘Mavericks’ captures film legends from behind the camera, often beyond the grave
Gerald Peary’s interviews with directors in “Mavericks” include John Waters, Senegal’s Ousmane Sembène and Iran’s Samira Makhmalbaf.
