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The Widows’ Handbook: A Reading with Poets and the Editor

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A part of our Tuesdays in the Parlor Series Join editor Jacqueline Lapidus with the poets of The Widows’ Handbook in a reading of this first-of-its kind anthology. With a foreword written by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, this collection of poems will help all who have lost a loved one or is involved in helping the bereaved. The Widows’ Handbook includes…
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Chapter & Verse Literary Readings

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Please join us for readings by local authors and poets! Thomas Dodson is a writer, librarian, and web developer. A finalist for the Glimmer Train Award for New Writers and a recipient of the Iowa Arts Fellowship, his stories have appeared in Gulf Coast, Beloit Fiction Journal, Consequence Magazine, Chicago Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. Currently a Somerville resident, Tom will be leaving New…
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Author Reading – Jennifer S. Cheng w/ Jennifer Tseng

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Join Papercuts at the Loring Greenough House in celebration of Asian Pacific Heritage Month on May 8th at 7:30pm! We welcome Jennifer Cheng, author of Moon: Letters, Maps, Poems and winner of the 2017 Tarpaulin Sky Book Award and Jennifer Tseng, author of Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness and finalist for the New England…
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STEP INSIDE AND SNUGGLE UP – The Jungle Book

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Come and spend the afternoon exploring the world of The Jungle Book! Step Inside and Snuggle Up is a special series just for kids (and their grow-ups!) during school vacation week. LISTEN to a reading of the book-of-the-day! Kids can make themselves at home in the front hall for a read-aloud by one of our…
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STEP INSIDE AND SNUGGLE UP – The Wizard of Oz

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Come and spend the afternoon exploring the world of The Wizard of Oz! Step Inside and Snuggle Up is a special series just for kids (and their grow-ups!) during school vacation week. LISTEN to a reading of the book-of-the-day! Kids can make themselves at home in the front hall for a read-aloud by one of…
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Chapter & Verse

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Please join us for readings by local authors and poets! Natalie Shapero is the Professor of the Practice of Poetry at Tufts University and an editor at large of the Kenyon Review. Her poetry collections are Hard Child and No Object, and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The Nation, Granta, and elsewhere. She lives in Somerville. Richard…
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Step Inside and Snuggle Up!

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STEP INSIDE AND SNUGGLE UP! Come and get cozy at the Loring Greenough House while stepping into the world of some classic children’s books! Step Inside and Snuggle Up is a special series for kids of all ages (and their grown-ups) during school vacation week. Join us for an afternoon of picture book read-aloud of…
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Chapter & Verse

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Noy Holland’s I Was Trying to Describe What It Feels Like, New and Selected Stories, was published by Counterpoint in January. Her previous books include Bird (Counterpoint), Spectacle of the Body (Knopf), What Begins with Bird (Fiction Collective Two), and Swim for the Little One First (Fiction Collective Two). Her writing has appeared in The…
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Silent(ish) Reading Party

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Ever wish you could relax with a book and a warm drink at the Loring-Greenough House? Here’s your chance! JP Reads and the JP Tuesday Club invite you to the third annual Silent(ish) Reading Party. Grab your book or newspaper and settle into a cozy chair or window seat in some of the loveliest, oldest…
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Chapter & Verse Literary Reading

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Please join us and the Jamaica Pond Poets for another evening of readings by local writers and poets. Chapter & Verse is an ongoing series that takes place at the historic Loring Greenough House once a month October through May. Juan Casillas Alvarez is a native of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. He studied history and Caribbean…
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