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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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About Me

About Me

I spent a year reading a book a day and writing about it on my website, ReadAllDay. Why a year of such intense reading and writing? I lost…
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The Lowells of Massachusetts

The Lowells of Massachusetts

The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s, revolutionaries creating a new…
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