Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston. He published many books, including "Nature" (J. Munroe & Co., 1836), "The Conduct of Life" (Ticknor and Fields, 1860) and "English Traits" ...
Despite her untimely death from cancer in 2014, Pulitzer–Prize winner Emerson (The Opposite House) offers readers another opportunity to revel in her striking poetry. Here, she primarily meditates ...
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. In “Emerson,” composed in 1868 and published posthumously in our ...
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