Nicholas Basbanes

@spazhousellc Dear Roxanne, kindly excuse the tardy reply, I have not been sufficiently diligent in monitoring my Twitter account. I'm afraid I can offer no enlightenment on your question, in any case, though I agree the quality of the stock you mention has sadly deteriorated. All best, Nick

@NBasbanes Dear Nicholas, can you tell me what is the paper stock that Business and self-help card cover books have been using? It feels like cheap newsprint and smells like old school coloring books. I could not find any reference in your book on paper. Cheers. Rox.

Delighted to have been invited to contribute a piece to @BookCollectoruk which is running in two sections. Part II to follow in the Winter Issue. @VickyWilsonBook @AAKnopf #basbanes #books bit.ly/3i1lcnZ

.#CrossofSnow was selected by @MassBook, an affiliate of @librarycongress, for its 21st annual #mustread long list for the Massachusetts Book Award. Winner to be announced in the fall. @VickyWilsonBook @AAKnopf @humanitiesmag @finebooks #Basbanes conta.cc/3vWQtN4

The lead #BookReview in today's @TheTLS is a perceptive consideration of #CrossofSnow by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, professor @magdalenoxford and expert on 19th-century literature. #gratitude #longfellow #poetry @VickyWilsonBook bit.ly/3edswfu

Join me on February 24th at 7pm for for my exploration of the love and partnership of Henry and Fanny Longfellow, hosted by @OldNorth1723 #CrossofSnow #Basbanes #Longfellow @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook Tickets: bit.ly/3r6xy0z

Thank you to @csmonitor for naming #CrossofSnow a best #BookRecommendations of 2020. @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook @finebooks @LongfellowHouse @humanitiesmag @NEHgov #basbanes bit.ly/342NSWL

Join me and Diana Korzenik on 12/7 for a lively conversation about Henry and Fanny Longfellow. Presented jointly by @mastatelibrary, the @AncestorExperts, and @ForumNetwork. #CrossofSnow #Basbanes @aaknopf @VickyWilsonBook @PorterSqBooks Register below: bit.ly/39DUMFC

ruins in your country to see, Mr Longfellow, and so we thought we would come to see you”. #CrossofSnow #Longfellow #Books @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook #basbanes The full article is to be found here: bit.ly/3nsRmJF

as a child. Cross of Snow: A Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Nicholas A. Basbanes (Knopf) provides an exhilarating account of this multifaceted man of letters who became a national institution. One English visitor who had beaten a path to his door remarked “There are no

. @TheTLS published its annual compilation of "Books of the Year," including a selection by the great Irish poet Paul Muldoon. Forgive me for being flabbergasted by this: "In my own case, I was steeped [as a schoolboy] in Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha, reciting it obsessively

Join me and Texas A&M rare books curator Kevin O'Sullivan on Thursday to discuss the 25th anniversary of "A Gentle Madness" and highlights from the exhibition dedicated to the book. Should be fun! @VickyWilsonBook @TAMU #basbanes #bibliophile bit.ly/3kbxXvo

For your reading pleasure, reproduced at Literary Features Syndicate is the introduction by @NBasbanes to the newly released edition of the #bibliomystery The Widening Stain. Whodunnit? How about, who really wrote it? @MysteriousPress #mystery bit.ly/3kpXeSf

There's still a few seats left for my talk tomorrow night hosted by the Caxton Club, now 125 years young. Details here: caxtonclub.org/event-3895160 #CrossofSnow #Longfellow #books @VickyWilsonBook @AAKnopf

Tonight, join me and @PenzlerPub to talk biblio-mysteries, bibliomaniacal matters, and a new edition of "The Widening Stain," for which I wrote the introduction. Should be fun. Register: bit.ly/3iz3PJ7 #Basbanes #CrossofSnow @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook @finebooks

In the @humanitiesmag Summer issue I examine dealing with death and disease in 19th-century America--in the eyes of Henry and Fanny Longfellow. #CrossofSnow #Basbanes @VickyWilsonBook @NEHgov @AAKnopf #COVID19 #MaskUp bit.ly/3gDsAn3

Starred review for #CrossofSnow in @LibraryJournal. bit.ly/39YQUNM #longfellow #basbanes @VickyWilsonBook

Looking forward to a stimulating talk tomorrow with author @JulieScelfo as part of Edith Wharton's @TheMountLenox summer author series. This virtual event is a substitute for the onsite author-dinner event. Please join us. bit.ly/3g300Lp @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook

Please join me for my talk tomorrow: "Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: The Bard of Brattle Street" Public Program with @AmAntiquarian @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #Basbanes #CrossofSnow #Longfellow #book

My event tonight discussing #CrossofSnow with @poisonedpen Bookstore of Phoenix, Ariz., will be broadcast live on Facebook, 7 p.m. EST, so no need to register. poisonedpenevents.com/event/virtual-… @AAKnopf @VickyWilsonBook @finebooks @GrolierClub #Basbanes

Acute #Bibliomania: Reflections on the writing of #AGentleMadness, twenty-five years after its publication @finebooks bit.ly/36ZdiFf