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HomeFront: âUnderground Railroadâ delivers, starring roles for Angelina Jolie and Amy Adams, plus a comic from Dorchester goes big
By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated May 14, 2021, 8:30 a.m.
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Thuso Mbedu as Cora in The Underground Railroad. Kyle Kaplan/Amazon Studios
Welcome once again to HomeFront, where what would normally be a pre-Memorial Day weekend lull is a steady hum of activity as the three-dimensional world opens up a little bit more with each passing day.
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âThe Underground Railroadâ traces âthe long, fraught journey of a woman, a people, and a country,â writes the Globeâs Ty Burr. In the hands of Barry Jenkins (âMoonlightâ), the âtransfixingâ 10-episode adaptation of Colson Whiteheadâs Pulitzer Prize-winning novel isnât perfectly paced â âthe middle sections . sag like a country bridgeâ â but at its best, âit exerts a dramatic force that p
Q & A with Childrenâs Librarian Julie Roach By Betsy Groban | Dec 11, 2020
Julie Roach has been the manager of youth services at the Cambridge Public Library in Massachusetts since 2005. She also reviews children’s books for the
Horn Book and teaches children’s literature at Simmons University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science. The Cambridge Public Library closed to the public on March 13, and Roach and her youth services team worked from home until June, when the library began its first phase of reopening with outdoor contactless pickup service. She spoke with
PW about what it’s been like to be a librarian during this difficult time.