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06
Nov
2009
It Stands for “Academia”

2 days ago by exphaaandonthat

I had a change of heart recently thanks to an American Studies class I’m taking right now with Lisa Coleman (who by the way is *super awesome*, but that’s the subject for another post).

T is for the T - tntufts.wordpress.com · 1 reference

05
Nov
2009
Wanderers They Knew Not Where (15).

2 days ago by tychy

While he stood on the landing-place, searching in either pocket for the means of fulfilling his agreement, the ferryman lifted a lantern, by the aid of which, and the newly risen moon, he took a very accurate survey of the stranger’s figure. He was a youth of barely eighteen years, evidently country ...

Tychy - tychy.wordpress.com · 4 references

02
Nov
2009
Halloween in Salem, MA

5 days ago by admin

October, Halloween and Salem, MA are synonymous. This is the time when the streets of Salem open up to vendors, costumes, music and fun. The most popular costume seen on the streets is that of a witch and a vast array of large pointed witch hats. The witch phenomena traces back in time to 1692 and S ...

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31
Oct
2009
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Salem

7 days ago by Ellyn

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804, as Nathaniel Hathorne. In 1825 or ‘26, he changed the spelling of his last name, by adding a “W”, which his sister also began to use. Why would he want to change the spelling of his family name? Well, he had some relatives from generations past from which he wan ...

Ellyn's Literary Adventures - allthingsliterary.wordpress.com

29
Oct
2009
10 Scary Halloween Tales

9 days ago by Taylor Bright

Halloween is two days away – the one holiday where we get in touch with our dark sides. With that, here are my Top 10 scary books and stories in no particular order. Frankenstein, Mary Shelley – perhaps the benchmark. A tale of man’s God complex and the limits of science. Dracula, Bram Stoker – Stok ...

Taylor Bright - taylorbright.wordpress.com

27
Oct
2009
Quote of the Day - Nathaniel Hawthorne

11 days ago by Edward Headington

My heart was a habitation large enough for many guests, but lonely and chill, and without a household fire. I longed to kindle one! It seemed not so wild a dream . . . Source: Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter

The Headington Cabal - headingtoncabal.com · Rank: 61,390 · 4 references

26
Oct
2009
Tematrio — förtryck

12 days ago by snowflake

Extremt intressant ämnesval från Lyran denna vecka tycker jag. Mitt förstaval är självklart, även om jag nämnt den förut. Reading Lolita in Tehran — Azir Nafizi. Jag har skrivit om den här. Efter den islamska revolutionen i Iran får Nafisi inte längre undervisa om litteratur på universitetet på det ...

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22
Oct
2009
Confession: I’m a huge book nerd.

17 days ago by Magdelyn

Okay, maybe that’s not such a shocking confession after all. But seriously, part of the reason why I’ve been neglecting my blog so much lately is because I’ve been furiously reading my way through the huge stack of books in my “To Read” pile. Sometimes when I’m reading a book I get so caught up in t ...

Red Letter Haze - redletterhaze.com · Rank: 170,902 · 7 references

Day 5: Salem and Concord

17 days ago by Elinor

collapses onto bed Today has been the longest day so far, and we are back the latest, and I have the most to write about. Is this fair? No. We were both asleep this time last night. At the very least we are staying up until midnight for Marianne’s first birthday tradition—so I do not have to justify ...

Barton Cottage - bartoncottage.wordpress.com

20
Oct
2009
Wanderers They Knew Not Where (14).

18 days ago by tychy

This venerated emblem was a pine tree, which had preserved the slender grace of youth, while it equalled the loftiest height of the old wood monarchs. From its top streamed a silken banner, colored like the rainbow. Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The May-Pole of Merry Mount” (1836).

Tychy - tychy.wordpress.com · 4 references

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