The things they carriedAt Houghton, artifacts from the writing lifeWe get close to long-dead great w
The things they carriedAt Houghton, artifacts from the writing lifeWe get close to long-dead great writers by reading the works they left behind. But there is another way, which can be just as electric and emotional: to see or touch or just be near artifacts from their writing lives. (Continue reading)Photo: An ivory letter opener, with silver plate, owned by Charles Dickens. “Constantly used by him,” reads an accompanying note. (MS Eng 1748, Houghton Library, Harvard University) Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer -- source link