Longing for Nature in American Literature ,” park visitors saw the hat as an icon of tradition and romance, a symbol of a simpler era long gone. For many Americans the physical grandeur of parks like ...
In my new book, “Memorials Matter: Emotion, Environment, and Public Memory at American Historical Sites,” I explore how patriotism plays out at sites where education, not recreation ...
The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. By The New York Times Books Staff The poet set the course for her revolutionary career early ...