Results tagged “memoirs”

Scratch this subject off the list of what Senator Edward Kennedy will talk about in his memoirs--the love child the National Enquirer accused him of having with a Massachusetts woman. In 2006, the Enquirer claimed that Kennedy fathered a child with Caroline Bilodeau-Allen in 1984 and that a cover-up ensued. Bilodeau-Allen filed a lawsuit in Boston claiming that is completely false and that she and her 22-year-old son, who is also a plaintiff, have suffered... more ›

Senator Edward M. Kennedy has just signed an agreement with Grand Central Publishing to write his memoirs. According to the AP, he reportedly will receive money along the lines of $8 or $9 million, similar to what Hillary Clinton and Tony Blair got for their memoirs. NYT is saying it will be $8 million. As if he needs the money. The high advance suggests that Kennedy might actually talk about the juicy stuff--drinking, Joan, Chappaquiddick... more ›

Adaptations II: Novels into Film Thursday, October 11, 7:30pm, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline Co-Sponsored by Grub Street Tickets: $15/$12 (for Grub Street or Coolidge Corner members) More information here. As if there weren't enough literary events happening in Boston today, the Coolidge Corner and Grub Street are bringing you their second Adaptations event. As the name implies, the focus is on novels that have been adapted for the screen. Four novelists, Arthur Golden, Russell Banks,... more ›

Ishmael Beah will read at the Brattle Theatre at 6:00 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, March 13. Tickets are $3. It's rare when you see Jon Stewart flummoxed. But author Ishmael Beah's life story almost left Stewart at a loss for words. He said the book "made his heart hurt." Just hearing about the book would "make your heart hurt." Ishmael Beah writes of his experiences fighting in Sierra Leone in A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of... more ›

Every town and city seems to hang on to their home-grown celebrities. Boston's got those we're proud to call Bostonians and those we'd rather dismiss. Lawrence, Mass. is home to Godsmack front man Sully Erna. The key to the city is symbolic these days, it really doesn't open any locks. Theoretically it gives you an "in" however. The bloggers at AOL's music blog reported earlier this month on the ceremony:

Erna, who spent his formative years in the Merrimack Valley town, was presented the key -- which he resisted using to key the pickup trucks of those guys who tormented him in high school -- at a ceremony on Tuesday [January 16]. Erna got all teary-eyed when accepting the award -- an honor that was arranged by Lawrence City Councilman Nunzio DiMarca, who reminisced that "[even] when he was washing dishes at my brother's restaurant, he's always been a very polished young man."

I remember [Lawrence] was full of murderers, thieves, and rapists—and half the time those people were your next-door neighbors,” Sully writes of his childhood hometown in the tough Boston suburb. He goes on to tell matter-of-fact tales of flying bullets, grade-school pot smoking, an outrageous seven-hour police chase, and much more.

There are quite a few author readings and events going on tonight around the city and there seems to be a bit of something for everyone. So why not Tivo that episode of "The O.C." (Bostonist knows it's one of your guilty pleasures) and introduce some literature into your night. If feminism, comedy, and just blatant, hilarious honesty, is your interest, head over to see Jill Soloway (pictured) in her "Tiny Ladies Extravaganza" at 8p.m.... more ›