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The Taconic Crest Trail crosses Petersburg Pass.

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Herman Melville

Kate Abbott
A horse-pulled tedder (hay rake) sits outside Arrowhead in Pittsfield.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Arts

Berkshire Historical Society explores Herman Melville’s attic

September 25, 2019
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The desk set is made of green glass with a pattern of dark leaves. The label names it Tiffany. Erin Hunt read it in fascination and mulled over these fine opalescent boxes. They would hold ink and paper, stamps, pens and blotter ends. And what would someone write with them, […]

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From the top of Monument Mountain, Mount Greylock shows in the distance. Herman Melville thought it looked like the back of a sperm whale surfacing above the waves.
Monument Mountain / Photo by Kate Abbott
Writing

Melville and Hawthorne meet on Monument Mountain — BTW column

August 4, 2017
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Arrowhead, Herman Melville’s historic house in Pittsfield, leads a marathon reading of Moby-Dick in early August and an annual hike up Monument Mountain in Great Barrington to commemorate Herman Melville’s meeting with Nathaniel Hawthorne. I have walked the loop on the mountain on a late summer afternoon and thought of […]

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Mastheads writers in residence work in contemporary studios inspired by writers with local roots including Herman Melville.
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Writing

Mastheads writing residency brings writers outdoors in the Berkshires

July 20, 2017
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“Like the giddy time I met and danced with my wife-to-be at that roof-deck party with a full moon rising above us, and I was amazed I could have that much fun sober. …” In the wake of a hurricane a paramedic is riding an ambulance back to the hospital. […]

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