Our Boston : writers celebrate the city they love / edited by Andrew Blauner.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013Description: xii, 353 pages ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0544263804
- 9780544263802
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 810.8035 O93 | Available | 33111007479443 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Like the remarkable city to which they pay tribute, the pieces assembled in this book are diverse, engrossing, illuminating, emotional, funny -- and glorious. Anyone who loves or has ever loved Boston will want a copy." -- Claire Messud, author of The Emperor's Children and The Woman Upstairs
Put together in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, an anthology of both original and beloved essays from Boston area writers past and present, celebrating the city they love.
What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines? Perhaps the question should be: Who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of people to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and reprinted essays from Boston area writers past and present, all celebrating the city so close to their hearts. Boston is more than a geographic location; it is a state of mind. Whether you're getting cannoli in the North End, watching a game at Fenway Park, or journeying across the Charles River to one of the many thriving metro-area cities and towns, there is a connection between people, a sense of "Boston-ness."
From Mike Barnicle to Pico Iyer, Susan Orlean to George Plimpton, Leigh Montville to Lesley Visser, Pagan Kennedy to James Atlas, here is a collection of the best essays by our best writers on one of America's greatest cities.
Foreword: Running toward the bombs / Kevin Cullen -- Walking an American avenue / Mike Barnicle -- Pride or prejudice / Andrø Aciman -- The former legends / E. M. Swift -- A boy's Boston / Charles McGrath -- Things in threes / Madeleine Blais -- Getting over Boston / George Howe Colt -- Accents, or the missing r / Susan Orlean -- Bonfire of the memories / David M. Shribman -- A city not on a hill / Joan Wickersham -- Our chowder / David Michaelis -- Boston, 1972 / Katherine A. Powers -- Transplants / Jabari Asim -- Diamonds (and dugouts) are a girl's best friend / Lesley Visser -- Next step: Back Bay / Hugh Delehanty -- Medora goes to the game / George Plimpton -- The everything bagel / Leslie Epstein -- Wounded, Boston's heart remains strong / Bud Collins -- So you want to be in pictures / Nell Scovell -- America's brain / Israel Horovitz -- Front row on the Charles / Shira Springer -- Messing with the wrong city / Dennis Lehane -- Boston a la carte / Susan Sheehan -- Our Boston and theirs / James Atlas -- Bothering Bill Russell / Leigh Montville -- From somewhere / Tova Mirvis -- Boston marriage / Pagan Kennedy -- Reading around Boston / Scott Stossel -- Souvenir of the ancient world / Robert Pinsky -- Boston sports: something for everyone to love...and complain about / Bill Littlefield -- The landscape of home / Carlo Rotella -- Thinking locally, acting globally / Neil Swidey -- Jamaica Pond: my Walden / Jessica Shattuck -- Hub fans bid kid adieu / John Updike -- The classroom of the real / Pico Iyer -- This is the way I point my view / Sally Taylor.