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Chomsky and Me
October 28, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Join us for a talk with Waltham native, former MIT staff member, and author Bev Boisseau Stohl. Bev ran the MIT office of the renowned linguist and social critic Noam Chomsky. Chomsky and Me describes a relationship between two quite different people who, through the happenstance of work, form a bond that is both surprising and reciprocally rich.
Bev Stohl is a nonfiction writer with published essays in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the MIT Press, Stethoscopes and Pencils, Chomsky.info, and on Reddit and other social media. Chris Lydon interviewed Bev on his Open Source radio show. Chomsky and Me: A Memoir (OR Books, 2023) is the story of her 24 years as Noam Chomsky’s assistant at MIT. Bev, Noam, and her dog Roxy have been featured in graphic novels, and animated in Michel Gondry’s 2013 film, Is the Man who is Tall Happy? Bev has performed stand-up comedy and appeared on TV news shows talking backward. She has dabbled in woodworking, and is mediocre at piano, guitar, and ukulele. You can find Bev online at www.facebook.com/ChomskyandMeAMemoir and www.instagram.com/ChomskyandMeAMemoir
The Waltham Museum
25 Lexington Street Waltham, MA
Saturday, October 28 2PM to 3:30 PM
Free Event / Donations Accepted