I finally finished reading Moods a few weeks ago but just couldn't comment on it. After reading both the 1864 and 1882 versions, I concluded that the book left me flat. The characters felt rather two-dimensional. Both versions ended differently and each ending seemed convoluted. It left me feeling the way I did after reading …
Tidbits of news, and beginning a trip to Fruitlands
Just heard some awesome news from Jan Turnquist at Orchard House - the long missing papers of Madelon Bedell are now safely ensconced at Orchard House. As mentioned in yesterday's post, Bedell wrote a scholarly work entitled The Alcotts Biography of a Family; it was supposed to have been in 2 volumes but sadly, Bedell …
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Meeting Amy Belding Brown, author of “Mr. Emerson’s Wife”
I had the privilege yesterday of meeting author Amy Belding Brown who as you know, wrote the historical novel, Mr. Emerson’s Wife , based upon the lives of Waldo and Lidian Emerson and their relationships with Henry David Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and other famous Transcendentalists. Sharing lattes together at a local cafe/country store, Amy and …
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The American Library Association Louisa May Alcott Project: A DVD and Book Start a Movement
In May of 1868, a publisher asked an author to write a book specifically targeted "for girls." His plan was twofold: to capitalize on this up-and-coming author's growing popularity, and to capture a corner of a brand new genre of children's literature. The author begrudgingly obliged, and ended up producing one of the best selling, …
First Report from the ALA Workshop on Louisa May Alcott: strictly from a fan’s perspective
Today was such an amazing day that I am asking you to please indulge me. I want to file two reports but the first one needs to be from a gushing fan; the more informative report will come later over the weekend. I started this blog with the express purpose of meeting other fans of …
ALA Alcott Programs to feature Daniel Shealy, Harriet Reisen and Nancy Porter, and Jan Turnquist
And I have been invited to attend! I will be able to take pictures and will take extensive notes so that you can 'virtually' go there too. Harriet Reisen was kind enough to invite me to participate and I am very much looking forward to hearing from Daniel Shealy who helped to edit Louisa May …
Watch Harriet Reisen on CSPAN talk about her bio on Louisa May Alcott
Be sure and visit my Audio/Visual page and scroll down to "See the author, Harriet Reisen, on CSPAN discussing her book" to watch the video. It lasts a little over an hour but has many fascinating insights.
Follow-up to “What was ailing Louisa May Alcott?”
Harriet Reisen sent me a section from her book, Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women that nicely summarizes Drs. Hirschhorn and Greaves' article (see post): Chapter 17: “The Cream of Things,” (page 271 in hardback) “Louisa continued to believe Dr. Kane’s 1870 diagnosis, that mercury poisoning from calomel lay at the root of …
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ALA announces grants to 30 libraries for Louisa May Alcott outreach
How about this for exciting news?? Originally posted on the ALA website For Immediate Release Tue, 01/04/2011 - 14:12 Contact: Angela Thullen Public Programs Office (PPO) CHICAGO – The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that 30 libraries will receive $2,500 grants to support five …
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Two new videos added to the Audio/Visual portion of this blog
Be sure and check out 2 new videos I found in my travels which are posted on the Audio/Visual page of this blog: Interview with Harriet Reisen on her book and DVD, Louisa May Alcott The Woman Behind Little Women I learned some new things watching this video and really loved Ms. Reisen's obvious passion …
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Louisa May Alcott is My Passion 