Author: Kristi Chanda

Graduation Time is Here!

Many commencement ceremonies have been cancelled or modified this year because of unprecedented circumstances. However, we should still take the time to acknowledge this year’s graduates. Here are images in New Jersey’s newspapers related to past graduations: This advertisement lists…

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest American writers and poets whose experiments with language and self-expression redefined the first-person narrative. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. She and her siblings attended Amherst Academy,…

Rose Hawthorne Lathrop

Many know the American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. However, not many are familiar with the benevolent contributions of his daughter, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. She was a poet, a short story writer, and, later in life, a caregiver.…