In You Don't Say Edward Cifelli collects 68 previously published essays and "fugitive thoughts." It is a miscellany that records some of the things, large and small, that have claimed his attention between 2012 and 2017, between his 70th and 75th birthdays--and his attention ranges far and wide, from Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama to Joe Maddon and the Ronettes; from Henry David Thoreau and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to Keurig coffee makers and New York Times crossword puzzles; from the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the discovery of the "God...
In You Don't Say Edward Cifelli collects 68 previously published essays and "fugitive thoughts." It is a miscellany that records some of t...
After four years of travel in Europe, including a full year of being in love with Giulia Persiani in Rome, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow returned home in 1829 and fell in love again, this time with Miss Mary Storer Potter, whom he married in 1831. Traveling in Switzerland in 1836, he met the woman who would become the grand passion of his life, whio he married in 1843.
After four years of travel in Europe, including a full year of being in love with Giulia Persiani in Rome, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow returned home in...