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Local Author Book Talk

with Bev Boisseau Stohl

Join local author Bev Boisseau Stohl as she discusses her novel, Chomsky and Me: A Memoir.

“Bev Stohl ran the MIT office of the renowned linguist and social critic Noam Chomsky for nearly two and a half decades. This is her account of those years, working next to a man described by the New York Times as ‘arguably the most important intellectual alive today.’” --Publisher

For adults. Registration required. Contact Ari with any questions at apappas@minlib.net.

About Bev: 

Bev Boisseau Stohl is a nonfiction writer with published essays in The Chronicle of Higher Education, the MIT Press, Stethoscopes and Pencils, Chomsky.info, Brevity Blog, etc.. She has interviewed with Reddit (AMA), Open Source radio, CounterPunch, Green and Red Podcast, and other social media. Chomsky and Me: A Memoir (OR Books, 2023) is the story of her 24 years as Noam Chomsky’s MIT assistant, and the unlikely bond that grew between them at the office and in their travels. Bev, Noam, and her dog Roxy, who joined her in the office for 13 years, 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, co-taught a class during MIT’s IAP period teaching women electrical repairs in the home, and appeared on TV news shows talking backward. She has dabbled in woodworking, and is mediocre at piano, guitar, dulcimer, and ukulele.

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