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Entries Tagged as 'Katherine'
Slower than Molasses in January
January 15th, 2010 No Comments
Today marks ninety-first anniversary of the Boston Molasses Disaster. On January 15, 1919, near the North End waterfront, an enormous tank of molasses, molasses swollen and liquescent from the unseasonably warm weather, exploded. Twenty-one people were killed and one-hundred fifty injured as a wave of molasses swept over the area moving at speeds approaching thirty-five [...]
Tags: Boston · Katherine · local history · molasses · North End
Mark your calendars for a whale of a good time!
December 15th, 2009 No Comments
In 2010 get out to the New Bedford Whaling Museum for their 14th annual Moby Dick marathon! The nonstop reading of the literary leviathan (yes, I went there) begins at noon on January 9. Details here. Gosh, you may be thinking, that’s a long way away. And that is why I recommend you make whatever [...]
Tags: Katherine · New Bedford Whaling Museum
What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
November 30th, 2009 1 Comment
Noted Emerson alumna, Laura van den Berg released in October her first collection of short stories, What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us. Beautiful and sad, her stories span the globe, from Madagascar to Chicago to Inverness, in search of wonder, love, and acceptance. Her voice is clean, the prose [...]
Tags: alumni · Book Reviews · Katherine · Laura van den Berg · What the World Will Look Like When All the Water Leaves Us
Topics in Lit: Feminism in Boston
November 19th, 2009 No Comments
Ah, but, wait! I’ve got a few more books about Boston for you to add to your reading list. The next three will take us through a history of feminism in our city.* Begin in 1885-1886 with Henry James and The Bostonians, published first as a serial and later as a novel. Said novel presents [...]
Tags: Boston · David Mamet · Henry James · Katherine · Our Bodies Ourselves
Straight Outta Compson
October 27th, 2009 No Comments
Crazy guy named Quentin… You might remember Quentin Compson from The Sound and The Fury. You might also remember him from Absalom Absalom. Young Quentin was a good boy from Mississippi who lived the student life in Cambridge. He went to Harvard. He took public transit. He ate poorly. He was deeply troubled. He threw [...]
Tags: Boston · Katherine · William Faulkner