It came to my attention while skimming the Women’s Review of Books that poet Maxine Kumin had died (nearly a year ago). I know nothing of Kumin’s work but this memorial piece by Robin Becker…
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An Audio Recording of “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne
An audio recording by Doug Storm of “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne The increase in free sildenafil plasma concentration was approximately 40%.it is advisable to use a dose of 25 mg, if necessary increase with…
As a Flower Succeeds to Foliage
“…as a flower succeeds to foliage.”* (Melville “Lord, when shall we be done changing?” Hawthorne) Meeting Melville I liked him so much I made him an invitation prospective… of bringing out the glory of his…
What Is a National Consciousness?
Henry James in his critical study of Hawthorne in 1879 (my textual break) on the “American mind” before and after the Civil War. When this event occurred, he was therefore proportionately horrified and depressed by…
Born of Whale Oil and Witches
[T]his remote, rocky, barren, bushy, wild-woody wilderness, a receptacle for Lions, Wolves, Bears, Foxes, Rockoones, Bags, Bevers, Otters, and all kind of wild creatures, a place never afforded the Natives better than the flesh of…