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200 guests celebrate launch of Quincy native’s Joe Keohane’s book

October 25th, 2021 Comments Closed

QUINCY — Some 200 guests gathered the other night at Alba Restaurant in Quincy to celebrate the release of Quincy native Joe Keohane’s book, “The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World.” Keohane, a veteran journalist who now lives in New York, has been a writer and editor for several years. To read more about, or purchase a copy of, his book, click this link. All photos by Bill Brett

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Brown’s “Call to Rise,” a book worth your time

July 26th, 2017 Comments Closed

BOSTON — At the Book Expo in New York earlier this year, I got a chance to (briefly) meet former Dallas Police chief David O. Brown, whose “Called to Rise,” is now out from Ballantine Books. The New York Times published a piece today by Elizabeth Hinton about Brown’s book (which he wrote with Michelle Burford) and two other books that look at confronting and reforming racist policing. For me, Brown’s story is an important…

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