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Pam Hurd

Boston Foundation Inc
Senior Director
Back Bay Boston
Websitetbf.org
Books are my best friend. The Boston Book Festival is a not to be missed event. I am interested in all things Boston, Civic Life, Civil Society and Words Glorious Words.
Friday, October 18
 

7:30pm EDT

Kickoff Keynote Old South SanctuaryNicco Mele • Samantha Power
 
Saturday, October 19
 

9:30am EDT

Louisa May Alcott's Boston School and Washington St Plaza

10:45am EDT

Poetry at the Extremes BPL McKim Exhibition HallRichard Blanco • Jill McDonough • Maggie Dietz • Martín Espada • Robert Pinsky • Mass Poetry

11:00am EDT

Fiction: Writing the Writers BPL Abbey RoomRobin Kall • Christopher Castellani • Roxana Robinson • Steven Rowley • Greenough Brand Storytellers

11:30am EDT

Capitalism and Its Discontents Trinity ForumMichael Norton • Ray Fisman • Heather Boushey • Mike Isaac Violence, Justice, and Forgiveness BPL Rabb HallTomiko Brown-Nagin • Martha Minow • Erin I. Kelly • Thomas Abt

12:30pm EDT

Readings: Memoir BPL Newsfeed CafeSean Tuohy • Adrienne Brodeur • Maureen Cavanagh • Susan Lewis Solomont • William Dameron

1:00pm EDT

American Power: The Series Finale BPL Rabb HallAnthony Brooks • Andrew Bacevich • Stephen Walt History Keynote Church of the CovenantElizabeth Hinton • David W. Blight

2:30pm EDT

Fiction: Art and Artists BAC Cascieri HallDawn Tripp • Catherine Cusset • Whitney Scharer • Other Press Public Affairs Keynote BPL Rabb HallKenneth Mack • Ben Crump

3:45pm EDT

Fiction Keynote Old South SanctuaryAndre Dubus III • Elizabeth Strout • Bookforum
 
Sunday, October 20
 

1:00pm EDT

Street Art Walking Tour Bolling Municipal Building LobbyCedric Douglas

1:30pm EDT

Back to the Land Bolling School Committee RoomGlynn Lloyd • Emmet Van Driesche • Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern • Leah Penniman Poetry Keynote: Reginald Dwayne Betts Dewitt Center GymNicco Mele • Reginald Dwayne Betts • Sumeya Aden