Beatrix Potter, More Than Just Bunnies: The Legacy of Beatrix Potter
by Deborah Straw Beatrix Potter may be best known as the creator of charming characters like Peter Rabbit, Mrs. Tiggy Winkle and Hunca Munca, but,…
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Socialism and Green Spaces: William Morris’s Walthamstow
By Peter Turner ‘Have you ever wondered why there’s so much suffering in the world?’ asked the suited young man. ‘Please read one of the…
Weaving Tales: The Tools of Text
By Janice Horton On a back road in an out of the way township in northeast Pennsylvania, a seasonal museum celebrates the crafts of spinning…
Emily Dickinson’s Homestead
As a junior in high school, studying American Literature for the first time, I claimed Emily Dickinson as my poet. I felt as though I alone were given…