This week I took a break from reading about death (whoops, uh-oh, what’s wrong with me?) to check out The Gilded Years by my girl Karin Tanabe. The historical fiction novel is based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first African American woman to graduate from Vassar. What makes it a story? No one…Read More
Roxbury
Rough Neighborhood
My new apartment is in the South End of Boston which is a really nice, safe neighborhood. But if you take the T a few stops down you find yourself in Roxbury – a notoriously rough-around-the-edges area of the city. Sometimes on my way home I take the bus or T past Roxbury and this…Read More