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TC Boyle's new book, The Women, traces Frank Lloyd Wright's life in an innovative way: through the story of his many wives and mistresses. The tale is told from the point of view of (imaginary) architectural apprentice Tadashi Sato, who's editing the insertions of his granddaughter's husband, Seamus O'Flaherty. It's a complex construct, but the book still reads smoothly. Most interruptions come in the form of outbursts from Miriam, Wright's morphine-addicted second wife, but Tadashi's footnotes to O'Flaherty's tale provide amusing anecdotes as well.

--The Cambridge City Council has decided to name intersections after Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The Track Girls write that the council plans "to dedicate the intersections of Pearl and Cottage streets to Affleck and the corner of Pearl and Auburn streets to Damon." Once this is accomplished, wait for the college students to start defacing Affleck's corner and shouting, "And that's what I think of Gigli!" And then wait for someone to launch a...

Our eyes! Our eyes! Boston usually hasn't seen this many famous people since, since, oh forget it. We're seeing a lot now. One Bostonist actually spotted Kate Hudson shooting Bachelor No. 2. The Track Girls spotted her filming a scene at Centerfolds.