Beyond the Secret Garden: a biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden) sold wild grapes so she could buy paper and postage for her first story submission.
Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden) sold wild grapes so she could buy paper and postage for her first story submission.
The Smart Set is a weekly feature, compiled by Lauren Cerand, that usually appears Mondays at 12:30pm and highlights the best of the week to come. Special favor is given to New York’s independent booksellers and venues, and low-cost and free events. Please send details to lauren [at] maudnewton.com by the Thursday prior to publication, with the date in the . . .
From time to time I’m posting bookstore appreciations from readers. Below Drew Johnson, a writer whose fiction has appeared in Harper’s and StoryQuarterly, and is forthcoming in Virginia Quarterly Review, praises Troubadour Books of North Hatfield, Massachusetts. Bob Willig’s Troubadour Books is a plain brown building that sits behind a dirt parking lot, mixed in with houses, tobacco barns, and . . .
Ted Hughes’ letters expose many unfortunate aspects of his character, but also reveal his passionate environmentalism. (Via.)
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