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literature - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

John Warner Barber’s Engravings Chronicle Connecticut History


  • Writer:
    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

  • Zotero ID:
    SXFDZTU5

Lillian Hoban: Beloved Illustrator of “I Can Read” Books


  • Writer:
    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Wilton

  • Zotero ID:
    BPU2J8H4

James Merrill: Connecticut’s First Poet Laureate


  • Writer:
    Emily Clark

  • Town(s):
    Stonington

  • Zotero ID:
    7FB7QDE2

Charlotte Perkins Gilman


  • Zotero ID:
    62TTQ4DC

Ann Petry: Old Saybrook’s Bestselling African American Author


  • Writer:
    Emma Wiley

  • Town(s):
    Old Saybrook

  • Zotero ID:
    366GKMA6

Hamden’s Literary Legend


  • Zotero ID:
    MTCF48XN

The Hartford Wits


  • Zotero ID:
    WS4NS946

Hartford’s Nook Farm


  • Zotero ID:
    SZV9W98B

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