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In The New Yorker, James Marcus reviews Nicholas Basbanes’s new biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In his heyday, his fame rivaled the Queen of England: On March 26, 1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson ...

Cross of Snow – A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Nicholas Basbanes, Knopf (Borzoi Books) I pegged Nick Basbanes as a winner 50 years ago when he began writing book reviews for the Telegram. He ...

Nicholas A. Basbanes of North Grafton has received Nonfiction Honors from the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards for his biography "Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." The awards ...

In his time, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow achieved such popular success, both in the United States and abroad, that by the end of his life his birthday was even being celebrated in schools. On Feb.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is the perfect poet for our current moment. A master at what’s now called social networking, he commanded, at the height of his fame, a virtual empire of readers at home and ...

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When I was growing up, there were four junior high schools in my hometown: Hawthorne, Whittier, Irving and Longfellow. They were all built in the 1920s and named in honor of what were then America’s ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Sr. lived in the eclipse of his famous ...

One hundred years ago, Feb. 27 was enlivened by events around the nation commemorating what had happened 100 years before that, in 1807. But last week's bicentennial of the birth of Henry Wadsworth ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow said, “Art is long, and time is fleeting.” This sentiment perfectly expresses the idea of hanami, or flower viewing.

Nicholas A. Basbanes of North Grafton has received Nonfiction Honors from the 21st Annual Massachusetts Book Awards for his biography "Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow." The awards ...