Concord unleashed to the world America's musical contributions, which sprang from our universal appeal as a nation.

"In 15 minutes, you can be at the popular 3.8-mile trek up Monument Mountain, where Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne did the 1,739-foot climb together in 1850," Travel + Leisure said.

The Berkshires’ small towns have an old-world calm and serenity, perfect for those seeking a slower pace and a connection to the outdoors. I visited the area to visit Kripalu, a retreat center for ...

American novel as great titles renewed the art of storytelling and had the power to influence upcoming writers for decades to come ...

Melville arrived in the Berkshires with his wife, Elizabeth, and their infant son, Malcolm, a month later. Hawthorne, the more established writer, had favorably reviewed Melville's novel Typee in ...

We should not dismiss the contributions of Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickinson, and other nineteenth-century writers who extended our earlier literary culture.

“My sister Augusta begs me to send her sincerest regards both to you and Mr. Hawthorne,” Melville wrote to Sophia Hawthorne, Nathaniel’s wife. Herman Melville was born in New York in 1819 ...

His close friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne, reflected Melville’s essential duality when he wrote: “Melville can neither believe, nor be comfortable in his unbelief; and he is too honest and ...

It’s fascinating to see Brock Hatton and Tyler Galindo take on these versions of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. Both actors suit the division of the two perfectly. Brock is all fussy ...

The play follows the year and a half that authors Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne spent living only a mile away from each other in the Berkshires. At the same time, Melville wrote and ...

Fans of Melville once again have a chance to celebrate the author's birthday with a "Moby-Dick" read-a-thon, held at his former farm and home, Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, beginning Aug.