Topic: Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Classic book review: A Summer of Hummingbirds

At the close of the Civil War, a unique moment in US culture.
Chapter & Verse
Amid rumors about Post book section, their critic wins a prize
Best nonfiction books of 2008

The Monitor’s annual gift guide to the best nonfiction books of 2008.
White Heat

The deep and distant friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
At the close of the Civil War, a unique moment in US culture

The hummingbird became the symbol of an era for 19th-century America.

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Mae Azango has gone undercover to report on female circumcision, a rite of the Sande society in Liberia that is performed on young girls.

When journalist Mae Azango wrote about a secret women's circumcision ritual in Liberia, she received death threats.