Today's note of praise is for Van Wyck Brooks's THE FLOWERING OF NEW ENGLAND, 1815-1865, a literary/intellectual history which has the remarkable ability to give you a sense of the easiest familiarity with some of the boldfaced names of the period (Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne) - it's as if Brooks
Jeremy Dauber
Going to try something as a new year's resolution: to attempt, on a daily basis, to post a note of praise for something I've read/seen/listened to and liked that day. Not promising I'll do it every single day, but will see how it goes!
