Nonfiction

Porter Square Books presents Mark Nowak, author of Social Poetics, in conversation with Natalicia Tracy, Executive Director of the Brazilian Worker Center moderated by Lillian-Yvonne Beltran.

A people’s history of the poetry workshop from a poet and labor activist heralded by Adrienne Rich for “regenerating the rich tradition of working-class literature.”

James Beard award–winning baker and owner of the beloved Flour bakeries in Boston Joanne Chang presents her newest book: a must-have baking bible.

George Colt presents his book The Game, a New York Times Notable Book and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, for its new release in paperback.

A mother’s memoir of her transgender child’s odyssey, and her journey outside the boundaries of the faith and culture that shaped her.

Maria Baldwin (1856--1922) held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a largely white New England school and an activist who carried on the radical spirit of the Boston area's internationally renowned abolitionists from a generation earlier.

Editor Lise Funderburg and contributor Laura van den Berg discuss the new collection Apple, Tree.

A moving chronicle of who belongs in America.

Holly George-Warren presents her blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin, which establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was.

Local author Larry Millman presents his latest: an illustrated mini-encyclopedia of fungal lore, from John Cage and Terrence McKenna to mushroom sex and fairy rings.

New York Times bestselling author (and Porter Square Books' own!) Mackenzi Lee presents her latest book: an illustrated collection of stories about dogs that knew how to sit, stay, and witness history.