In honor of Banned Books Week, we’re giving away copies of When Freedom Speaks by Lynn Greenky, in partnership with the Brandeis Library. For readers interested in free speech, censorship, law, politics, and the stories behind our constitutional rights. Grab a copy at the library while they last!
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Fifty years after the bombing of the Suffolk County Courthouse shook the city of Boston, Troubled Times tells of lives changed by political violence at a time when the American experiment is again in crisis. Available now.
Kicking off the release to TROUBLED TIMES with the great Mitch Zuckoff next week. Join us in Cambridge if you can. @brandeispress.bsky.social
Now available! 📚 The Other Half by Ellen Warner explores life after fifty through the candid stories and photographs of 40 men from around the world. A thoughtful companion to The Second Half.
One week left until TROUBLED TIMES can be in your hands. It's a must-read for New England history buffs, true crime readers, and fans of Patrick Radden Keefe.
Out next week, Ellen Warner’s THE OTHER HALF answers the question: What do men really think about work, aging, and love?
Dramatic as any thriller, Rogues, Widows, and Orphans guides readers through the secrets and scandals of the book industry—from egregious cases of censorship, bad taste, and worse style, to forgeries, feuds, and the tiniest of typos with the largest of consequences. Available now.
What happens to the victims after the journalists go home? @brandeispress.bsky.social
Our team is saddened by the passing of Bruce Davis, former executive director of The Academy & author of The Academy and the Award. It was an honor to work with him and to hear even a fraction of his stories and extraordinary knowledge of Hollywood history.
AVAILABLE NOW: In The Days Between, poet and scholar Marcia Falk evokes her vision of the Jewish High Holidays as "ten days of striving to keep the heart open for change."
“An entertaining chronicle of publishing mishaps and scandals throughout history ... a potent testament to the power of words to 'shape our world.'” —Publishers Weekly
Special thanks to The Mount for hosting John Gennari! The sold out event combined an author talk from Gennari (The Jazz Barn) with a performance by Ron Ramsay’s Berkshire Salon Series, exploring the history and enduring legacy of the Music Inn and Lenox School of Jazz.
