Boston Athenæum

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Twice Roosevelt: Eldest grandchild of Franklin and Eleanor writes about the pitfalls of privilege

April 19, 2010

John Stephen Dwyer interviews Curtis Roosevelt, grandson of Franklin and Eleanor on his memoir “Too Close to the Sun.”

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Wolff at the Door: A Foray into the Boston Athenæum

March 6, 2010

John Stephen Dwyer reviews Katherine Wolff’s new history of the Boston Athenæum.

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Going down at the Boston Athenæum…

January 23, 2010

You don’t have to be a member of the Boston Athenæum to enjoy some of its offerings. “Poetry at Noon” presents thirty-minute lunch-hour poetry readings on the first Wednesday of the month freely to the public. February 3rd, Sam Cornish Samuel James Cornish grew up in Baltimore, but has lived in Boston for much of […]