Zirin shows Zinn’s presence on the great canvases of the 20th century, from the Depression to World War II to the Civil Rights Movement to the war in Vietnam, all the way until his death in 2010.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen comes a story about DNA and our passion for biological truths. In the novel More Than Enough, a woman confronts the surprising results of an ancestry test, a challenge conversationalist Bill Griffeth knows first-hand. 

In this conversation, pairing fiction and fact, we go deep into a novel that should be read by anyone using DNA testing in pursuit of their family’s history. When high school English teacher Polly Goodman is given an ancestry test kit as a joke, she tests without thinking too much about it. When Polly learns the results match her with a stranger, she is certain there’s been a mistake. Yet she cannot help but comb through her family history for answers.

With her trademark warmth, humor, and insight into the power of love and hope, author Anna Quindlen explores how we find ourselves again and again through the relationships that define us. This is an illuminating conversation with author and TV anchor Bill Griffeth, whose own DNA journey mirrors Polly’s. During an extended audience Q+A session, Ms. Quindlen and Mr. Griffeth are joined by science journalist Libby Copeland, who shares insights on this growing area of exploration: the latest statistics, trends, and findings on DNA testing which are greatly impacting individuals and families.

Under the Radar speaks with Meg Anderson, Kirsten Miller and Katie Holt — three authors whose latest releases center bookstores, libraries, librarians and book lovers.

#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast, Lucy Foley, returns to Beyond the Page for a live in-person conversation at GBH Studios.

In the brand-new Miss Marple novel, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, Lucy draws inspiration from the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie, transporting one of literature’s most iconic female detectives to a mysterious adventure in the Swiss Alps. Join us as Lucy takes us behind the scenes of her writing and what it means to revive such a beloved fictional character 50 years after the last Miss Marple novel was published.

New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan will moderate the conversation.

EVENT TIMELINE:

• 6:30 PM: Registration opens in One Guest Street lobby
• 7 PM: Conversation with Lucy Foley begins (feat. Audience Q&A)
• 8 PM: Book signing line opens
  

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Under the Radar hears from an author and industrial designer and an athletic-brand developer about the challenges and triumphs of creating products specifically for women.

Under the Radar speak with New York Times best-selling authors Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings about their latest novel

The new hub will be close to Boston Common and the sculpture honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

"Land" is a novel about separation and reunion, tragedy and recovery, colonization and rebellion. It is a story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.

Old North Church welcomed public historian Tad Stoermer to mark the release of his new book, "A Resistance History of the United States."