Archive for April, 2012
Monday
Apr
23
12:00 pm
Jane Brox “Writing about Place: Local to Global””
Award-winning author Jane Brox, a native of the Merrimack Valley, will discuss the way literature is both affected by a writer’s sense of place and the how the writing infuses meaning into particular landscapes and communities, from small towns to...
Thursday
Apr
12
7:00 pm
Lillian Nayder “The Other Dickens-Catherine in 2012”
Catherine Hogarth married Charles Dickens in 1836, the same year he began serializing his first novel. Together they traveled widely, entertained frequently, and raised ten children. In 1858, the celebrated writer pressured Catherine to leave their home, unjustly alleging that...
Thursday
Apr
5
7:00 pm
Andre Dubus III, Arno Minkkinen and Alan Williams “Intellectual Property and the Arts: A Performance and Panel Discussion””
Charles Dickens unsuccessfully advocated for the establishment of international copyright law during his two trips to America (1842 & 1868). Kicking off the first full weekend of events in Lowell for the Charles Dickens and Massachusetts Exhibit at the National...