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The Lowells and the Community of America
The Lowells and the Community of America
In the decades leading up to the Civil War, the Lowells of Massachusetts faced the same overriding question that Americans face today: what…
Nina Sankovitch
Aug 30, 2017
Diagnosing the Lowells
Diagnosing the Lowells
In her latest book, Robert Lowell: Setting the River on Fire, Kay Redfield Jamison uses Robert Lowell’s medical records to explore the…
Nina Sankovitch
Sep 8, 2017
Amy Lowell and the Art of the Audience
Amy Lowell and the Art of the Audience
On a cold, wet day in March of 1915, Amy Lowell stepped up on the dais in the large meeting room of the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park…
Nina Sankovitch
Apr 26, 2017
James Russell Lowell and the Election of 1860: A Turning Point in American History
James Russell Lowell and the Election of 1860: A Turning Point in A...
After John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, James Russell Lowell, the poet behind the anti-slavery anthem The Present Crisis (it would…
Nina Sankovitch
Oct 6, 2016
The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family
The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family
The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s; revolutionaries creating a new…
Nina Sankovitch
Sep 26, 2016
Returning to Therapy
Returning to Therapy
Book therapy, that is. Eight years ago I began my year of reading a book a day. I was looking for escape, wisdom, comfort, and clarity…
Nina Sankovitch
Nov 18, 2016
Honor in the Civil War, Then and Now
Honor in the Civil War, Then and Now
John Kelly describes the Civil War as arising out of a failure “to compromise”; he also cautions against applying contemporary standards of…
Nina Sankovitch
Mar 6
Amy Lowell, Making the World Safe for Poetry
Amy Lowell, Making the World Safe for Poetry
In December 1917, Amy Lowell’s local newspaper, The Brookline Chronicle, ran a notice that caught her eye. U.S. Army training camps were in…
Nina Sankovitch
Jun 8, 2017
James Russell Lowell, Early Rapper
James Russell Lowell, Early Rapper
The other day on Instagram, I shared four anti-war lines from James Russell Lowell’s serial poem, The Biglow Papers. Tricia Tierney, friend…
Nina Sankovitch
Mar 21, 2017
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Greetings from James Russell Lowell
Greetings from James Russell Lowell
As an sign of his widespread popularity, postcard dealers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries began making seasonal and…
Nina Sankovitch
Dec 19, 2016
Forty-Six Years of Amy Lowell Fandom
Forty-Six Years of Amy Lowell Fandom
When I was in second grade I edited my first book of poetry. All the poems I chose had fall as the theme and I decorated the cover of the…
Nina Sankovitch
Oct 14, 2016
The Bronte Sisters Rock My World
The Bronte Sisters Rock My World
An exhibit currently on show at The Morgan Library in New York City reminded me of just how amazing the Bronte sisters were. From childhood…
Nina Sankovitch
Oct 4, 2016
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