Massachusetts Books

My husband grew up in Dorchester, MA, and has remained close with his childhood friends over 55+ years. We've had a party for the "Guys" and their gals, just after Labor Day, for the past several years. The theme for 2001 was "Dorchester". We always give out goodie bags and last year's main item was Anthony Mitchell Sammarco's book "Images of America - Dorchester". Our son had given my husband that book on his birthday the year before and he really loved it. I can't tell you how pleased our friends were when they received the same book in their gift bag. They sat around looking through them and reminiscing about places they used to know like the stores, homes, schools, churches and parks. We even had a quiz on the old neighborhood awarding prizes to the top three winners. Next month my high school, Roslindale High School, is holding their 45th reunion. For the door prize we are giving a copy of Anthony's book "Images of America - "Roslindale", which I am anxious to see myself. Hopefully, it will arrive on time. There are many books in the Images of America series of cities and towns all over our country. I'm thrilled the towns where my husband and I grew up were chosen as "Image" worthy. Well done Mr. Sammarco and thank you!

MacDiarmid's magnum opus begins in a bar. The opening lines, translated from the Scots dialect the poem is written in, go: "I'm not so much drunk as just dead tired; it's hard work upending glass after glass after glass. . . ."

The story: the speaker, drunk and trying to make his way home from the bar at the end of the night, falls down on a hilltop and rolls under a thistle bush, where he lies staring up at the moon and considering everything from Burns to Schoenberg to what his wife will say when he finally gets home. And what an adventure it is, alternately (and sometimes all at once) hilarious, moving, and profound, all the way up to the poem's mock-Hamlet ending: "Oh, I have silence left!"

"And well you might,/Or so Jean will say/After such a night."

No one who loves poetry should miss this incredible performance by MacDiarmid.

If you've read "ALL SOULS" you need to read this book too. Also, if you ever have a chance to attend a reading by Michael, GO!!!
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MacDonald's first book told of the loss of the author's four siblings to the violence, poverty, and gangsterism of Boston's Irish-American ghetto. The question "How did you get out?" has haunted him ever since. This narrative of reinvention begins with the young MacDonald's first forays outside the soul-crushing walls of Southie's Old Colony housing project. In greater Boston and eventually New York's East Village, he becomes part of the club scene, providing a 1980s social history and a powerful glimpse of what punk music was for him: a lifesaving form of subversion and self-education. Yet family tragedies eventually draw him home again, to a devastating breakdown induced by trauma and guilt. He meets his father for the first time, as a corpse. Finally, two trips to Ireland, the first as an alienated young man, the second with his extraordinary "Ma," are healing journeys unlike any other in Irish-American literature.

I have used this book for several years and the experience just gets better and better. Today (two days before Thanksgiving 2004) I had students use manipulatives they made to give presentations in front of their class. While the book says grades 1-3, I don't use below second grade and have used it for ESOL students up to fifth grade. We gave presentations on the pilgrims to a third and fourth grade. They manipulatives are made from paper, tape and ribbon. They move and can be looked at from several different angles. Students love to make them and talk about them. I'm doing the Penguin book next and will look for the science/ human body books too.

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Oh, this book is soooo great! Once I picked it up I could not put it down. Tamsin is a great main character and the story is SO good. You will get caught up in the emotions of the book, but don't worry, it's not really sad or anything. I guarantee you will LOVE it!

The book was extemely helpful in my husband's research. He was particularly excited about the conciseness of the book. I could hear him agreeing with the concepts presented in the book. He's very pleased with the book.

This book is more than a book, it's an investment into you future. Choosing a college is not easy. There's something like 3,000 universities and colleges within the US alone, and for a product such as College Prowler to exist, it makes it a little bit easier to choose the place that is right for each individual. If you are undecided, yet have narrowed your search to a few schools, then I would highly recommend you purchase a few of these books!!! You'll thank me later!

I think she didn't leave the house because she didn't want to.

This is the most profound and challenging interpretation of Dickinson I have ever encountered. It certainly should be on the required reading list of any serious scholar attempting to understand the true spirit of Dickinson. The book does a wonderful job of demonstrating Dickinson's place within her time and society. It forces the reader to reconsider conventional views on the "why" of Dickinson's poetry. Beth Maclay Doriani has done a superb job. I look forward to Doriani's next work.