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Unofficial Book Year Retreat: Cambridge Ed.

Note! These are mere suggestions for what we can do for meet-ups.

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Tuesday, July 14

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."
Henry David Thoreau, Harvard Graduate

Early Blue Light Wander: Harvard + Brattle Architecture Walk

9:30 - 12:30 Cafe Write @ Henrietta’s Table

Lunch on Own/Book Store Stop @ Trident Booksellers + Cafe (Boston Stop)

2 -5 PM Afternoon Write (Or in Boston?)

Option 1 @ Russell House Tavern

Option 2 @ Boston Public Library or Boston Antheneum (Need $40 day pass)

7 PM Dinner @ Moona + Optional Reading from Daily Work

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Wednesday, July 15

"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it."

Mary Oliver, Massachusetts poet

Early Blue Light Wander: Mount Auburn Cemetery

9:30 - 12:30 Cafe Write @ Harvard Art Museum’s Cafe

Lunch on Own/Optional Book Store Visit Harvard Bookstore + Harvard Tour

2-5 Afternoon Write

Option 1 @ The Druid

Option 2 @ Cambridge Public Library

7 PM Dinner @ Toscano + Optional Reading from Daily Work

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Thursday, July 16

“Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life.”

Zadie Smith, Writer/Harvard faculty

Early Blue Light Wander: Charles River Esplanade

9:30 - 12:30 Cafe Write @ Pepita Coffee (In Lamplighter Building)

Lunch on Own / Optional Book Store Visit - Grolier Poetry Bookshop

2-5 PM Afternoon Write

Option 1 Pub Write @ The Abbey

Option 2 Cambridge Public Library

7 PM Dinner @ Daedalus + Optional Reading from Daily Work

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Friday, July 17

“How about them apples?"

GOOD WILL HUNTING by Matt Damn + Ben Affleck

Early Blue Light Wander: Longfellow House + Brattle + Charles River

9:30 - 12:30 Cafe Write Return to our favorite spot! Tatte/Charles Hotel/or Art Museum!

1 PM: Optional Longfellow House Tour (Hourly tours available. Advanced reservations not accepted.)

2 -5 PM Afternoon Write

Option 1 @ The Hourly Oyster House

Option 2 @ Cambridge Public Library

7 PM Dinner @ Henrietta’s Table+ Optional Reading from Daily Work

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“Suddenly it occurred to me that maybe the point of writing wasn't just to record something past but also to prolong the present,...”

THE IDIOT by Elif Batuman, Harvard graduate