Some Interesting Items and Events in Winter 2025 Related to Dark Tide and the Great Boston Molasses Flood!
Dark Tide was first published in 2003, but 22 years later, I’m humbled by the book’s continued popularity, and with the interest about the Great Boston Molasses Flood from so many different places. This winter was no exception! Here are a few interesting Dark Tide/molasses flood items from the winter.
- As part of the lead-up to the anniversary, I was interviewed by Food & Wine magazine about the flood – the history and the folklore. It was so interesting to me that this publication chose to do a story on the flood, and I think it turned out well! You can read the interview here.
- I enjoyed the way Beacon Press, which published Dark Tide, commemorated the flood this year. Beacon featured Dark Tide in the newsletter it sends to independent bookstores. I’ve included some of the graphics here. Beacon also inserted a clip of actress Ayo Edebiri talking about the molasses flood on a television interview show. You can see the clip and read the Beacon publication here.
- On the January 15 anniversary of the flood (the 106th!) I enjoyed a fantastic evening at the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation. I was honored to talk about Dark Tide to more than 90 enthusiastic attendees – which included some dear family members and friends, and representatives from the Italian Consulate in Boston! It was fun to speak in front of the museum’s 19th-century steam fire engine, and to get a chance to see some of the machinery work at one of the world’s most innovative locations during the industrial age. My thanks to Stephen Guerriero, Director of Education, and the entire museum staff for organizing this memorable evening!
