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History, Summer Reading Month Aug 24, 2021

Stone of Heart

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The little old kitchen had quieted down from the bustle and confusion of midday; and now, with its afternoon manners on, presented a holiday aspect that, as the principal room in the brown house, it was eminently proper it should have. It was just on the edge of the twilight; and the little Peppers, all […]

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Summer Reading Month Aug 17, 2021

Writer’s Block

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Mark Oppenheimer has just come from picking up a prescription for a neighbor when we meet at his Westville house. The (more…)

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Arts & Entertainment, Summer Reading Month Aug 11, 2021

Chapters and Verse

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Sitting at a table in the cheerful sun room of her East Haven home, sipping from a mug of coffee small enough to wrap her hand all the way around, poet Marilyn Nelson weaves one tale after another. (more…)

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Arts & Entertainment, Summer Reading Month Aug 04, 2021

Love of Country

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Early in our conversation, Roya Hakakian and I determine that we’re the same age, born a few months apart. Any similarity in our childhoods ends there. (more…)

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Summer Reading Month Aug 21, 2020

Salt and Sweat and Coconutty Suntan Lotion

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August is Summer Reading Month in Daily Nutmeg, and Donald Margulies, photographed above by Dan Mims, is this week’s featured writer. Please enjoy this new monologue (more…)

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Summer Reading Month Aug 20, 2020

The Earth Cracks Open

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August is Summer Reading Month in Daily Nutmeg, and Donald Margulies, photographed above by Dan Mims, is this week’s featured author. Please enjoy this excerpt from (more…)

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