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Parker Lecture: Holly Guran, Martha Collins, and Lloyd Schwartz. “A Dramatic reading of poems influenced by letters between Harriet Hanson Robinson and William Robinson, 1847-1868.”
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Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center (246 Market Street)Dates & Times
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The Parker Lecture Series continues with a a special performance by Holly Guran, Martha Collins, and Lloyd Schwartz titled “A Dramatic reading of poems influenced by letters between Harriet Hanson Robinson and William Robinson, 1847-1868” at the Visitor Center theater on Sunday, October 20 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. The event is free and free parking is available in the nearby visitor center lot at 304 Dutton Street.
Harriet Hanson Robinson was a mill girl (author of Loom and Spindle) who later became a women’s suffrage activist in Massachusetts. William Robinson was her husband. The readings are broken out into four sections of poems: after an introduction to the letters and program, there is a prologue, a section on Harriet and William’s courtship, a section on marriage and work and then the final section on family, politics and history.
This presentation is part of the Moses Greeley Parker Lecture Series.
Reservation or Registration: No
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