25 books that you should read this summer, according to local experts
We asked staff members at Frugal Bookstore, Brookline Booksmith, Harvard Book Store, Porter Square Books, and Trident Booksellers & Café for the titles they’re most excited to pick up. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
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This summer may look a little closer to pre-pandemic normal, as more and more people across the country get the COVID-19 vaccine and resume trips and travel.
In preparation for the vacation season, we asked staff members at five local book stores Frugal Bookstore, Brookline Booksmith, Harvard Book Store, Porter Square Books, and Trident Booksellers and Cafe to share the 2021 titles they are most looking forward to diving into during the summer.
In March of 1971, Aretha Franklin performed a three-night stand at the Fillmore West, promoter Bill Graham's legendary venue and home base of bands
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On a Brooklyn street in September 1971, a sea of fists greets the caskets of several of the incarcerated men killed in the violent clash at Attica Correctional Facility that month. Charles Frattini/NY Daily News via Getty Images
In March of 1971, Aretha Franklin performed a three-night stand at the Fillmore West, promoter Bill Graham s legendary venue and home base of bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. Franklin s band included saxophonist King Curtis as her musical director and Billy Preston on keyboards, fresh off his stint as the fifth Beatle and hard at work on his own breakthrough,