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Friday afternoon, comedian Demetri Martin stopped by the BU bookstore to promote his recently released book, Point Your Face at This. However, in typical Demetri Martin fashion, he took an …
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What do you get when you put two College National Poetry Slam champions and a haberdasher in a room with microphones and a college audience? You get The Good News …
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Guesstimation, by Lawrence Weinstein and John A. Adam, is a book that would make the perfect holiday gift for anyone who wants to better understand the quantitative world around them. In life, …
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Turn on the History Channel and you will find shows such as “Doomsday Preppers,” about people who prepare themselves for when disaster strikes. But what about the other side, the …
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The MacArthur Foundation was founded in 1970 by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur, who started the foundation to “support people and organizations working for change on a variety of …
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Over the summer, I gave myself a challenge: read a book a week. I wasn’t doing anything particularly strenuous, other than working a small job and applying to fall internships, …
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New York Times bestselling author Harlan Cohen was still in college when he began his dating advice column. When Cohen graduated, his column graduated with him—to the New York Daily …
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With the feminist-sounding title and the bright yellow cover that screams “beach read,” it is easy to write off The Summer Without Men at first glance as the literary version …
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Visitors got an alternative education last weekend at the 2011 Boston Anarchist Bookfair, sponsored by the Progressive Librarians Guild at Simmons College. The bookfair, held from November 11 to 13, …
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From the day Amaryllis was born, her mother Seena knew that she was vastly different from her three other daughters. Just by looking at Amaryllis, nicknamed Yllis, anyone can tell …
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Fair Play, Thomas Teal’s translation of Tove Jansson’s Swedish novel Rent Spel, is distinct from the average American novel. It is seemingly about nothing in particular, as it chronicles the day-to-day lives …
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Going to the grocery store can be a daunting task. There are a multitude of aisles filled with countless types of food, making it easy to get distracted and overwhelmed. …
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