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Fall Books Preview: Getting booked

Readings, festivals, and other seasonal literary events
Two Sedarises, two New Yorker favorites, and a famous neurologist are among the highlights of this fall’s book events.
By EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | September 14, 2010

Play by Play: January 1, 2010

Plays from A to Z
Boston's weekly theater listings: January 1, 2010
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 30, 2009

Play by play: December 25, 2009

Theater listings, December 25, 2009
Boston's weekly theater schedule
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 23, 2009

Play by play: December 18, 2009

Theater listings, week of December 18
Boston's weekly theater listings
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 16, 2009

Play by Play: December 12, 2009

Plays from A to Z
Boston theater listings: December 12, 2009
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 09, 2009

Providence Fall Preview Listings 2009

Music, theater, art, festivals and more in the coming months
A page of listings for local music, theater, art, festivals and more this fall.
By PHOENIX STAFF | September 17, 2009

Both new and old classics

Life on the boards
The Gamm certainly has come a long way in the quarter-century leading up to this its 25th anniversary season. The evolution of its name alone is quite a trip.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 16, 2009

The Maine Festival of the Book relocates to USM

Celebrating print
Now in its third year, the Maine Festival of the Book is settling into a new home on the USM campus
By ALEX IRVINE | April 01, 2009

Interview: Christopher Monks

Gameboy
Ever feel you should earn points for remembering to get up in the morning?
By CLEA SIMON | January 15, 2009

To tell the truth

Sharing stories at Live Bait
Stories. We all have them.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 07, 2009

Drink up!

Santaland gets to the dark heart of Christmas
Santaland gets to the dark heart of Christmas
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | December 10, 2008

Do you have any treasures in your attic?

Old books
Sure, every once in a while, someone shows up at Ken Gloss’s talks on antique books with a real treasure, like a personalized, signed copy of JD Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye .
By DEIRDRE FULTON | July 02, 2008

Told right

Sloane Crosley gets her cake
One thing is certain in publishing: your chances of survival in the industry are much better if you have a good sense of humor.
By SHARON STEEL | April 07, 2008

Christmas cheers

Huzzahs for Gamm’s Santaland and Greetings
Both mini-plays are stirring up non-stop giggles and guffaws at the Gamm.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | December 11, 2007

Incoherent

The Sedarises’ silly Book of Liz
The droll, real-life satirical essays of David Sedaris have been amusing his fans for years.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | July 02, 2007

Place to hear readings

The lifespan of independent bookstores is dwindling, fast.
By PHOENIX STAFF | February 23, 2010

Flash!

Sedaris busted for unreal humor, apathetic Oxycontin addict discovered in California!
David Sedaris, laughing gnome of NPR and bestselling humorist, may — in the course of trying to be funny — have made a few things up.
By JAMES PARKER | March 20, 2007