Chris LovettPBS documentary revisits ‘trauma’ of the busing eraThe history starts with a dream and becomes a nightmare, only to reawaken as a halting voice of trauma or equanimity steeped in regret…8 min read·Sep 18, 2023----
Chris LovettThe Road to the Reporter: Before starting this newspaper, Ed and Mary Forry published yearbooksYou can never know Dorchester well enough, especially on deadline.16 min read·Jun 17, 2023----
Chris LovettGateway or Barrier? Unpacking the Exam School MystiqueAnyone who applies to a Boston exam school must know something about inequality.12 min read·Nov 24, 2022----
Chris LovettEnd of the Line for Dirty Old BostonTo live in Boston is to straddle a sometimes very thin line between the historic and the instantaneous. That’s where I found myself the…8 min read·Nov 24, 2022----
Chris LovettBlundering Through Boston’s BoundariesNote: these thoughts on the mapping of Boston were provoked by an editorial in this week’s Dorchester Reporter and an article in the…6 min read·Nov 24, 2022----
Chris LovettFrom Vargas Llosa to Dorchester AvenueI finally got around to reading an English translation of Mario Vargas Llosa’s Conversación en La Catedral a few years ago. The thick…6 min read·Nov 24, 2022----
Chris LovettQuiet City: Hopper’s Reticent LandscapeWhen the nighthawks come to roost, everyone else is supposedly asleep. As Edward Hopper shows them perched by a counter, their glassed-in…9 min read·Nov 24, 2022----
Chris LovettJazzfest returns to Dudley Street roots as the Woodards, father and son, play onAs the sun goes down on a hot Wednesday in July, members of the Fred Woodard Collective make their way through the backyard for a basement…8 min read·Nov 20, 2022----
Chris LovettThe Dorchester Day Parade: History On The MoveEditor’s note: Dorchester Day is traditionally observed on the first Sunday in June. However, the 2020 Dorchester Day Parade was cancelled…8 min read·Nov 20, 2022----
