All posts tagged "literature"
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10.2K15Arts and LeisureElizabeth Peabody, Always a Bridesmaid…
In 1832, a young widower named Horace Mann moved into a Boston boardinghouse where he met two intellectual schoolteachers from Salem, Mary...
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7.8K13Arts and LeisureJames Fields and the Old Corner Bookstore
In the middle of the 18th century, visitors to the Old Corner Bookstore would find James Thomas Fields laughing and talking with...
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29.9K3Arts and LeisureThe Feud That Drove Rudyard Kipling From Vermont
Rudyard Kipling loved the four years he spent in Vermont, loved the seclusion, the golf, the leaves turning in fall. He would have...
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11.1K13Arts and LeisureBanned in Boston No Longer: H.L. Mencken Stands Up to the Censors
H.L. Mencken in 1926 fought back against the overzealous censorship that inspired the catchphrase ‘Banned in Boston.’ He did it by getting...
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8.8K9Arts and LeisureJohn Cheever: Reluctant New Dealer on the Way to Fame
John Cheever, the sadly elegant chronicler of New England WASPdom, spent a year working for Franklin Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration. He spent...
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28.3K34Arts and LeisureClassic Movies Shot in New England, 13 Award-Winners
Hundreds of filmmakers have come to New England since the turn of the last century and some have shot classic movies here....
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