The Persuasive and Provincial Jane Austen
By Sara Wilson Jane Austen was a provincial lady who wrote about the provincial society she knew so well. Yet in spite of her curiously restricted life, during which she…
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Marjory Stoneham Douglas
Marjory Stoneman Douglas became known during her lifetime, all one hundred eight years of it, as the Everglades’ patron saint, primarily because of her 1947 book The Everglades: River of…
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Remembering the Alcotts
By Linda McGovern The New England landscape and communities that Louisa May Alcott both cherished and used as inspiration for her writing have changed drastically in the intervening years. Today,…
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Robert Frost in Vermont
Vermont is a splendid place in which to read. The state abounds with writers and bookstores. We are close to nature and the land; we have long winters; we have…
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Bertolt Brecht in LA
I would have never guessed fifteen years ago when I was introduced to his plays, that one day Bertolt Brecht and I would share the Hollywood experience. Of course, there…
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Graham Greene’s Vietnam – The Quiet American
By Literary Traveler The Quiet American by Graham Greene ought to be required reading for anyone planning a visit to Vietnam. For more than forty years, this prophetic portrait of…
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L. Frank Baum – The Man Behind The Curtain
By Linda McGovern Chances are you have seen the 1939 MGM movie, The Wizard of Oz, at one point or another in your lifetime. But the chances maybe even greater…
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Robert Frost in the Dismal Swamp
The first book of poetry that Robert Frost published was a small volume entitled Twilight. Frost published Twilight on his own. It was intended as a gift for the woman he hoped…
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The Frost Farm – The Homes and Roads of Robert Frost
By Francis McGovern For each reader of Frost there is a different poet and poem. We can make our own meaning of his work. To celebrate that work we left…
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The Frost Farm – The Homes and Roads of Robert Frost
For each reader of Frost there is a different poet and poem. We can make our own meaning of his work. To celebrate that work we left Boston, MA on…
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