Words on the water, Literary history exhibit coming to new Amtrak station By Lissa Weinmann, Brattleboro Words Project BRATTLEBORO — A new bridge over the Connecticut River linking Brattleboro and New Hampshire will open in 2024. The old Anna Hunt Marsh and Charles Dana bridges will be repurposed for pedestrians and bikes, a change expected… Continue reading

Spotlight on Brattleboro, Vermont  – Written by Kim Foley MacKinnon “It’s no secret that Vermont is filled with a seemingly endless supply of picture perfect towns, but even so, each one is unique. Living in Massachusetts, I can be in Vermont in a couple of hours and I love to check out different towns whenever… Continue reading

Discovering ‘Print Town’ on the Brattleboro Words Trail By Meg McIntyre “From the vantage point of Brattleboro’s tiny Pliny Park, history is all around. To the right across High Street stands the 1871 Brooks House, a former hotel and favorite destination of 19th- and 20th-century literary figures such as Rudyard Kipling, author of The Jungle… Continue reading

Discovering ‘Print Town’ on the Brattleboro Words Trail By MEG MCINTYRE “From the vantage point of Brattleboro’s tiny Pliny Park, history is all around. To the right across High Street stands the 1871 Brooks House, a former hotel and favorite destination of 19th- and 20th-century literary figures such as Rudyard Kipling, author of The Jungle… Continue reading

Building a Literary Trail in Brattleboro, Vermont – A small town seen through the history of its writers by Sarah Stewart Taylor in HUMANITIES, Fall 2022, Volume 43, Number 4 Turning onto Main Street, it was the words of Frederick Douglass, who spoke at the old town hall on January 4, 1866, that followed me. Douglass… Continue reading