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The realist’s guide to experimental fiction

Ripeness is all
Ten years ago, I bought a copy of Ben Marcus's first novel, Notable American Women, on the recommendation of a young literary editor.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 14, 2012

Will high-tech steal Central Square's gritty soul?

As MIT expands eastward, Cambridge officials struggle to find balance in Central.
A decade from now, the east end of Central Square will look nothing like the west.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 14, 2012

Big changes are coming for Central Square

Can this unique neighborhood maintain its identity?
In December, Councilor Kenneth E. Reeves presented a report to the Cambridge City Council.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 29, 2012

Authors strut their stuff

Live and in person
Literary gossip columnists, political poets, cranky lefties, and singing novelists are just some of the characters traipsing through Boston this spring to promote their new books.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | March 05, 2012

Bridgewater campus rallies against assault

Hate Crimes
On Tuesday, less than a week after a lesbian undergraduate was allegedly assaulted on campus, around 400 students, faculty, and community members marched at Bridgewater State University in support of LGBT students.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 22, 2012

A store with character

Is our children reading?
Curious George shall rise again. As Publishers Weekly reported, the Harvard Square monkey-merchandise-cum-children's-bookstore, shuttered last summer, will return in late April under new ownership.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 15, 2012

A woman in science's male domain

Beautiful minds
Geniuses have it rough.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 15, 2012

Davis Square gets a new venue

Play Spaces
Play Spaces

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 08, 2012

Christopher Kimball of America’s Test Kitchen tackles tough topics on his new radio show

Chafing dishes
Christopher Kimball is angry about olive oil.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | February 01, 2012

Gender bias at NPR — and what it reveals about the world of literary fiction

All (Male) Things Considered
In August 2010, the literary corner of the Internet seized in crisis.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | January 25, 2012

The cost of open courseware

MITx Files
MIT's announcement last month of a new online certification program made national news.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | January 20, 2012

All over Boston, artists, radicals, and entrepreneurs are finding new ways to work — together

Tearing down the cubicle
In these strange economic times, groups of young creatives around Boston have banded together to start nontraditional, cooperative work spaces.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | January 12, 2012

In a quest to quit smoking, our reporter delves into the strange world of modern hypnosis

Entranced
I sit with a group of 19 others in a semicircle in what looks like a living room in a brick Brookline walk-up. The smell of old cigarettes lingers on our clothes.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | January 05, 2012

Top 20 memes of 2011

An alphabetical, scientifically accurate list of the year's most pervasive memes
An alphabetical, scientifically accurate list of the year's most pervasive memes.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 28, 2011

Authors tote their wares to area bookstores

Road shows
A new story collection from Dan Chaon and new novels from Heidi Julavits and Adam Johnson are just some of the delights in store for Boston lit nerds.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 30, 2011

Meme forecast for 2012

What pianos will the cats of the future play for us?
When evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the word "meme" in 1976 — meaning "a piece of thought copied from person to person" — he probably didn't realize that, in time, the word would come to be synonymous with cat macros, various advice animals, and Rebecca Black.

By: EUGENIA WILLIAMSON | December 30, 2011