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VIRTUAL: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Little-Known Fragments

Explore some of Nathaniel Hawthorne's oddest, boldest, and most secretive writing — the microfictions sprinkled throughout his journals, now called the American Notebooks.

**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.**

After graduating from college in 1825, Nathaniel Hawthorne— one of America's greatest storytellers -- returned home to Salem, Massachusetts, where he lived with his mother and sisters for most of the next two decades, honing his craft in his third-story bedroom. During that time, he kept a series of journals, now called the American Notebooks, that became a vital taproot for his stories and novels. They also served as a laboratory where Hawthorne could experiment with fictional ideas and premises, letting his extraordinary imagination play with intriguing, sometimes wild possibilities.

Explore some of his oddest, boldest, and most secretive writing — the microfictions sprinkled throughout these notebooks, none more than a paragraph long, and many just a single sentence. Led by acclaimed Hawthorne scholar Robert S. Levine, editor of the new book, Nathaniel Hawthorne: Parables, Fantasies, Fragments. An accomplished author, he serves as a Distinguished University Professor in the English Department at the University of Maryland.

Presented in partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library.

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