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\nAfter graduating from college in 1825\, Nathaniel Hawthorne&mdash\; one of America's greatest st orytellers -- returned home to Salem\, Massachusetts\, where he lived with his mother and sisters for most of the next two decades\, honing his craf t in his third-story bedroom. During that time\, he kept a series of journ als\, now called the \;American Notebooks\, that became a vital taproo t for his stories and novels. They also served as a laboratory where Hawth orne could experiment with fictional ideas and premises\, letting his extr aordinary imagination play with intriguing\, sometimes wild possibilities.
\nExplore some of his oddest\, boldest\, and most secretive writing &mdash\; the microfictions sprinkled throughout these notebooks\, none mo re than a paragraph long\, and many just a single sentence. Led by acclaim ed Hawthorne scholar \;Robert S. Levine\, editor of the new book\, \;Nathaniel Hawthorne: Parables\, Fantasies\, Fragment s. An accomplished author\, he serves as a Distinguished University P rofessor in the English Department at \;the \;University of Maryla nd.
\nPresented in partnership with the Tewksbury Public Library.
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