Never mind Hawthorne and Thoreau— the women of mid-19th century New England had their own ambitions for writing and life.

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My 92-year-old mom's politically engaged, widely read, a clothes horse and a quick draw with a cocktail shaker. Here's how her remarkable life led to my new book.

A collection of autobiographical sketches; a complicated Japanese mystery.

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In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.

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