PAGAN KENNEDY | Porter Square Books, Porter Square Shopping Center, Cambridge | July 6 at 7:30 pm | 617.491.2220 | Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St, Brookline | July 11 at 7 pm | 617.566.6660 | Newtonville Books, 296 Walnut St, Newton | August 2 at 7:30 pm | 617.244.6619
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Issues of identity have captivated Somerville author Pagan Kennedy since her days as an Allstonite ’zine pioneer back in the mid ’80s.
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“We’re so disconnected from our past selves,” says Kennedy. “Like what would the eight year-old you think of you now? That’s something that’s unsettling to me. I’d love to go back to be able to talk to the eight year-old.” Memories of you: Pagan Kennedy’s future nostalgia.
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