Literary Boston
- Forgotten Chapters of Boston’s Literary History, Boston Public Library & Massachusetts Historical Society Special Exhibition, Boston Public Library, July 2012.
- Boston Literary District "The Executive Partners for Boston’s Literary Cultural District consist of writers and writers’ groups, libraries, institutions of higher education with strong literary programs, and book promoters." Tours and maps of historic literary sites.
- "Once Upon Crime," Ralph Ranalli, Boston Globe Magazine, August 15, 2004, 18-21, 32-34. Stories set in Boston by Robert B. Parker, Dennis Lehane, Richard Marinick, George V. Higgins, Linda Barnes, Jeremiah Healy, and others.
- Stop! You're Killing Me! Massachusetts Mysteries, many set in Boston.
Books
Boston : voices and visions by
This is an interpretive anthology -- one that includes commentary as well as writings. Section introductions provide historical and biographical context, offer analysis that stresses the thematic relevance of each selection, and explore the pattern of their relations. O'Connell focuses on those authors who possessed a commitment to the sense of place, those who addressed Boston not only as a geographical, social, and political entity but as an image, idea, and site of symbolic values
Location: Mugar Stacks PS509.B665 B67 2010 and onlinePublication Date: 2010 - online
Selected Works
- James, Henry. The American. A brash American expatriate confronts the profound differences between the Old and New Worlds in this classic tale.
- James, Henry. The Europeans. Two European siblings travel to New England to meet their American cousins in this classic satire.
- O'Connor, Edwin. The Last Hurrah. 1st Ed.].. ed. Boston: Little, Brown, 1956. Novel about an Irish politician who controlled a large New England city for almost 40 years.
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