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Illustration: portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis, c. 1785. Credit: National Portrait Gallery.

On This Day: The Birth of Benjamin Franklin’s ‘Poor Richard’s Almanack’

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on December 19, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about one of Benjamin Franklin’s greatest creations: “Poor Richard’s Almanack.”.. (Read More)

Photo: Mark Twain, by A. F. Bradley, 1907. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Words of Wit and Wisdom by Mark Twain!

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on May 31, 2018

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find quotes from one of America’s favorite writers: Mark Twain... (Read More)

Photo: a plaque for Agatha Christie at 58 Sheffield Terrace, Holland Park, London, England. Credit: Edwardx; Wikimedia Commons.

Perhaps Her Best Mystery Story: Agatha Christie’s Own Disappearance

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on January 10, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about a mystery in the life of that great mystery writer, Agatha Christie... (Read More)

Illustration: Ebenezer Scrooge visited by Marley's ghost. Color illustration from “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas,” by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by John Leech, 1843. Credit: British Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ Helps Reinvent Christmas

By Tony Pettinato on December 19, 2017

An article about Charles Dickens and his enduring Christmas classic, “A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.”.. (Read More)

Portrait: Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Charles Osgood, 1840. Credit: Peabody Essex Museum, Gift of Richard C. Manning, 1933; Wikimedia Commons.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s ‘The Scarlet Letter’ an Instant Best-seller

By Tony Pettinato on March 16, 2017

An article about the publication of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” on 16 March 1850... (Read More)

Photo: a full moon rising. Credit: Roadcrusher; Wikimedia Commons.

Poetry Find: June Century’s Poem in Homage to the Full Moon

By Tony Pettinato on April 28, 2015

An article about a poem written by June Century in 1905 about the full moon... (Read More)

Photo: cat. Credit: Hisashi; Alvesgaspar; Wikimedia Commons.

Cat Poem by Ethel Maude Colson Shows Her Love

By Tony Pettinato on April 24, 2015

An article about an 1895 poem by Ethel Maude Colson about her cat, entitled “To Poor Dead Tom.”.. (Read More)

Photo: Edgar Allan Poe, c. May-June 1849. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Edgar Allan Poe’s Death as Mysterious as His Stories

By Duncan Kuehn on October 23, 2014

Explore the puzzling circumstances surrounding Edgar Allan Poe's death, a real-life story as mysterious as anything he wrote. Find out more!.. (Read More)

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