2021 Summer Lecture by Kathryn Lachman

July 12, 2021July 27, 2021 Lecture, PRERECORDED

Ghislaine Dunant’s unforgettable biography of Delbo, La vie retrouvée (2016), captivated French readers and was awarded the Prix Femina. Now translated into English for the first time by scholar Kathryn ... Read more

Thomas Reynolds: The Gardener’s Story

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 Non-Fiction

In this conversation, The Mount curatorial staff and local historian Cornelia Brooke Gilder discuss The Mount’s online exhibit on Thomas Reynolds, Edith Wharton’s head gardener and estate superintendent. While Wharton ... Read more

Library Conversations: Wharton’s Men

June 9, 2021June 16, 2021 Lecture, PRERECORDED

In this conversation, The Mount’s Director of Interpretation, Anne Schuyler, and Librarian, Nynke Dorhout, will lead a thought-provoking exploration of Wharton’s library, focusing on three of the most influential men in her ... Read more

The Glorious American Essay

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Non-Fiction

Essay-writing has a rich history in the United States. What American essays should we remember today, and why? What contributions do they make to America’s collective memory? The Mount invited ... Read more

Buying & Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America

May 11, 2021May 13, 2021 Non-Fiction

Scholars James Marten and Caroline E. Janney discuss their collection of essays, Buying and Selling Civil War Memory in Gilded Age America. This online discussion was moderated by journalist Julie ... Read more

Stop Telling Women to Smile with Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

April 29, 2021May 14, 2021 Non-Fiction, PRERECORDED

Through a narrated slideshow of her work, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh demonstrated the chronic sexual harassment experienced by women in public spaces around the country and across the globe. Stop Telling Women to Smile ... Read more

Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts by J. Drew Lanham

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 Non-Fiction

In April, we celebrated the earth and poetry! Author and ornithologist Dr. J. Drew Lanham discusses his most recent book, Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts. Listen ... Read more

Ida B. Wells the Queen by Michelle Duster

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Non-Fiction

Journalist, suffragist, and co-founder of the NAACP, Ida B. Wells was a trailblazer, committed to the needs of those who did not have power. A century after her death, Wells’s genius ... Read more

Things that Grow by Meredith Goldstein

March 25, 2021March 26, 2021 Fiction

Boston Globe columnist Meredith Goldstein’s new YA novel, Things That Grow, is a bittersweet comedy about a Massachusetts teen and her New Yorker uncle visiting beautiful gardens to scatter the ashes ... Read more