Lizzie in the Library
This auction is for a book that is quite interesting but if you wish to read it I would suggest that you Interlibrary loan it for free. It really isn’t a book to buy at a premium as it is a very short reference work that is only 18 pages long. Starting bid is $49.95 […]
Mrs. Livermore’s Opinion
From the New York Times, September 4, 1892.
LB and the American Realists
This is the text of an unpublished talk given at a symposium celebrating Jack Beeson’s opera Lizzie Borden, presented during the1996 season of Glimmerglass Opera, Cooperstown, New York. It is definitely worth reading, but it does raise a few questions: Was Lizzie’s love of animals “obsessive”? Did Emma dress in black the rest of her […]
Garrison Keillor on LB
Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac has a lovely piece on Lizzie Borden commemorating the date of her acquittal. There are more than a few errors of fact but it is nice that he devoted the space to the story. Something I had not read or heard before is the last line of his entry: “The […]