NEH Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Short-story writer & poet Sandra Cisneros, best known for her book "The House on Mango Street,” graced the 2019 Tucson Humanities Festival. View the author's Q&A session at the #NEHgrant-funded "Voca" at @UAPoetryCenter. https://t.co/AWlDpvN0XR #WomensHistoryMonth #culturegovUS https://t.co/3MlH3Uak6a

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Statesman John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the #SCOTUS and co-writer of the Federalist Papers, was born #OTD in 1745 in #NYC. Explore seven volumes of Jay’s correspondence and writing with the #NEHgrant-funded @John_Jay_Papers at @columbialib. https://t.co/GbLcxkAV0a https://t.co/55fQiJ8bwA

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Read Edgar Allan Poe’s 1845 poem “The Raven” and other works featured in this online archive of digitized rare books and records, at the #NEHgrant-funded “DocSouth” at @UNCLibrary: https://t.co/Zgle4Ki2wm #PoetryMonth #culturegovUS #NationalPoetryMonth https://t.co/iztaNYSdZU

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Read Edgar Allan Poe’s 1845 poem “The Raven” and other works featured in this online archive of digitized rare books and records, at the #NEHgrant-funded “DocSouth” at @UNCLibrary: https://t.co/Zgle4Ki2wm #PoetryMonth #culturegovUS #NationalPoetryMonth https://t.co/iztaNYSdZU

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Novelist, short story writer, and poet Louisa May Alcott was born #OTD in 1832. View the first film biography of the icon and the woman behind the book “Little Women,” with this #NEHgrant-funded @PBSAmerMasters documentary & resource: https://t.co/NnkhfpSyM9 https://t.co/sqyHywhG9h

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Tomorrow, 2/2 at 12:30pm ET: Learn how to teach George Orwell’s “1984” to first-year students and non-#humanities majors, with this @NEHgov and Teagle Foundation workshop by @purduepolsci Professor @swatisrivast. RSVP here: https://t.co/tdrsPQWjFe https://t.co/XWdbVzY70w

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English writer and social critic Charles Dickens died #OTD in 1870 at Gads Hill Place. While known for writing “A Christmas Carol,” Dickens didn’t think it was his best holiday novel, discussed in this @humanitiesmag article: https://bit.ly/34eUuld https://t.co/I1jrfd4kr1

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British poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling, best known for penning the children’s story THE JUNGLE BOOK, was born #OTD in 1865. Learn about this #NobelPrize-winner and his connection to #Brattleboro, #VT, with this #NEHgrant-funded project: https://t.co/36riF1AFBj https://t.co/uz5GtGsTis

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Tomorrow: Learn how @WestPoint_USMA English Professor Elizabeth Samet teaches Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to a new generation of students, in this webinar sponsored by @NEHgov and the Teagle Foundation: https://bit.ly/3xAeQTe Tune in on 12/2 from 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. EST.

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“Uncle Tom’s Cabin” author Harriet Beecher Stowe was born #OTD in 1811 in #Litchfield, #CT. Read about Stowe’s 19th-century fame as an activist and the work done by the @HBStoweCenter museum to preserve her legacy, via @humanitiesmag: https://t.co/F6WIpMvjuU https://t.co/H03Oy3p5vm