by envisionmg | Dec 27, 2016 | Lit Links
“Soon, a wide readership formed and her posthumous fame grew, nourished by the stories people passed around. After a gregarious girlhood, it was said, Dickinson had gradually become a near-total recluse, known around Amherst as “the myth.” Children boasted of...
by envisionmg | Dec 21, 2016 | Today In History
In our Today In History Reading List feature, we take the events of a particular day in history and try to give you a work of fiction and a work of non-fiction relating to those events. 69 Vespasian Declared Emperor After the suicide of Nero in 68 Rome was plunged...
by envisionmg | Dec 15, 2016 | The Literary World
[youtube=”http://youtu.be/bJdZQRNudCs”] Edgar Allan Poe invites some of history’s most famous authors to play a murder mystery game, but things don’t go quite as planned. A new eleven part murder mystery comedy series Produced by Shipwrecked...
by envisionmg | Dec 12, 2016 | Biography, History, Michelle Reviews
I know what you’re thinking, those of you with less than pleasant memories of Kafka (thanks to High School English class, right?), but here’s the thing: For all that this book is billed as a biography, Kafka is mostly just along for the ride. Which is to...
by envisionmg | Dec 7, 2016 | Reading Lists
Have a special book lover in your life and don’t know what to get them? Well the staff at the Peabody Institute Library Danvers have you covered. Below are some of our favorite books that we think will make great gifts. Anderson, Scott Lawrence In Arabia: War...
