The smallest museum in Russia: Akhmatova lived here (and lives here still)

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Akhmatova lived in a small apartment in St Petersburg, Russia, from 1925-52, and her former home is now a museum to the influential Russian poet. The spartan furnishings reveal the conditions under which Akhmatova wrote some of her best works such as 'Poem Without a Hero.'

Museums, Art museums, Poets, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Russian literature, Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna

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Dos Passos and the many lives of 'U.S.A.'(John Dos Passos)(Bookend)(Column)

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'U.S.A.,' Dos Passos' 1938 three-part novel of American culture and history, was hailed as a masterpiece by the literary elite of the time. However, he never developed a distinctive style or voice, and his turn to conservative politics soured the elite on his work.

Historians, Political aspects, Criticism, U.S.A. (Book), Dos Passos, John

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Long lives the Mockingbird

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Monroeville is the birthplace of 'Mockingbird' author Harper Lee, and a theatrical adaptation of the novel is staged on the courthouse grounds each spring. Other landmarks of the desegregation era of the early 1960s are described.

Alabama, Homes and haunts, Literary landmarks, To Kill a Mockingbird (Novel), Lee, Harper

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