by Laurie Kahn | Feb 6, 2012 | The Public Humanist
When I tell people I’ve plunged into the world of popular romance fiction, they react in one of two ways: either they are wildly enthusiastic or they snicker. It’s telling. The readers and writers of romance novels interest me because I’m drawn to...
by Allison Carter | Mar 29, 2012 | The Public Humanist
When Americans today think of slavery, many think of the antebellum South. Slavery, however, is part of New England history as well. Over the course of centuries, Americans living in the North have divorced themselves from the history of slavery in their communities....
by Susan Edwards | Feb 9, 2012 | The Public Humanist
True stories of hope, grit, empowerment, and positive change are rarely spotlighted in today’s celebrity-obsessed culture and character-bashing media. Why do we reward questionable behavior with our attention? Would we not nurture a more civil society if we...
by Susan Stinson | Apr 5, 2012 | The Public Humanist
The eighteenth century preacher and theologian Jonathan Edwards wrote on any paper he could find. In Northampton and later in Stockbridge, he made extensive notes on a version of the Bible with large, lined margins, writing alongside what was, for him, the direct word...
by Aaron F. Miller | Feb 17, 2012 | The Public Humanist
Within the extensive collections of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library at Deerfield is a treasure trove of documentary evidence regarding the history of Western Massachusetts. Among the thousands of books, correspondences, diaries, and so forth are a...
