Drinking in america our secret history. She will tell us the secrets. Her distinguished bibliography includes the 2015 biography of e. E. Cummings, a life, which was chosen by the economist as one of the best books of the year, and is now considered the definitive biography of that iconoclastic poet. Other biographical works include, american bloomsbury the leading figures of the Transcendentalist Movement and my name is bill, on bill wilson, for his life and the creation of alcoholics anonymous. And home before dark, the groundbreaking biography of her father, writer john cheever. Shes also the author of five novels, and a frequent contributor of essays and articles to leading publications. Shes influential in shaping and sustaining our literary culture as a member of the corporations and of the Authors Guild council and is a faculty member at Bennington College mfa program, and the new school in new york city. In her fascinating and compelling new book, she traces the pervasive influ
Her distinguished bibliography includes the 2015 biography of e. E. Cummings, a life, which was chosen by the economist as one of the best books of the year, and is now considered the definitive biography of that iconoclastic poet. Other biographical works include, american bloomsbury the leading figures of the Transcendentalist Movement and my name is bill, on bill wilson, for his life and the creation of alcoholics anonymous. And home before dark, the groundbreaking biography of her father, writer john cheever. Shes also the author of five novels, and a frequent contributor of essays and articles to leading publications. Shes influential in shaping and sustaining our literary culture as a member of the corporation and of the Authors Guild council and is a faculty member at Bennington College mfa program, and the new school in new york city. In her fascinating and compelling new book, she traces the pervasive influence of alcohol at key moments over centuries of american political and
Discusses the colonys early challenges, and profits that the colonists gain from trading beaver skins from europe. This is about an hour. [applause] write, think you very much. Im delighted that the introduction mentioned longfellow. While i am not going to talk about Myles Standish, i would be delighted if we can get on to questions, because Myles Standish is one of my favorite characters in the story. Of gratitude to the historical society. Firstly, i am very grateful for the invitation to week this evening. But im very grateful because i have the use of your facilitys extended library when i was doing research here in maine in fall 2006, 2007 or was it 2008 . I forget now. Some of the research was done and libraries. A good deal of the research was done in the United Kingdom and holland and Northern Ireland also. And a lot of this was done on foot and bicycle and, in maine, by car. I mentioned that because there is another reason something happened to me on the highway. Openshe book
77 in boston right now and a warm start to the day. Mid 0s manchester 70s manchester at that lawrence. The dew point dropped a little bit as well. A little relief in terms of the humidity a little muggy out there but you will feel the difference. Dew points are in the lower 70s out over cape cod. Satellite and radar we have a few scattered clouds across the region. Thats what we are in for today a blend of is sun and clouds. And sunrise at 5 52 and midday lunch hour and wind is light enough we get a sea breeze that kicks in at the coastline and that keeps us in the upper 80s at the coast. No weth today. Set at 7 4. I am tracking thunderstorms for tomorrow and we will talk about the timing of those. Chris and kathryn in a couple minutes. Thanks very much. Breaking news stories overnight we begin in new york where reports of gunfire at jfk airport were unfounded. Police investigator. Office he found no weapons ammunition and shell casings or any evidence of gunfire. Now to Northern Calif
Today. Its 71, 65 in plymouth. And low 70s in nashua and through the Merrimack Valley metro west and 71 in norwood and taunton. 77 in chatham right now. A beautiful sunrise. No thunderstorms to worry about today. There will be at least a blend of sun and clouds for most of the afternoon. Your planner goes this way. Sun is up. Nice start. We rise out of the 70s. 85 by a light breeze meaning a sea breeze kicks in the at coastline. 90 inland but the coast is mid to upper 80s. Beautiful beach day with a sunset at 7 44. We will time out thunderstorms for tomorrow coming up. Traffic and weather together breana. Reporter traffic is at a crawl on the leverett connector into the city. Zakim is in better shape. We have a couple of trouble spots further north that i want to tell you about. In andover for a few exits from 45 to 42. You pick up speed for a while and then you hit a pocket of congestion and woburn between exit 36 and exit 34. To the south 24 north is slowing down approaching 128 and