Bloom Archives
Books
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Michael Shelden’s Latest Biography Tells of Herman Melville’s Secret Love
BY JANET MANDELSTAM Herman Melville was living in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, far from the roaring surf, when he wrote Moby Dick,…
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‘A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana’ Describes Wonders of Region’s Unspoiled Areas
BY JULIE GRAY “A true measure of civilization is what it leaves unspoiled,” observes noted frontier-fiction writer James Alexander Thom in his introduction to…
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The Quarry Festival of Books: A Smash Hit in First Year (Photo Gallery)
On Labor Day Saturday, September 3, the first Quarry Festival of Books took place in Dunn Meadow. Just two blocks from the Fourth Street…
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‘The Accidental Mayor’: Tomi Allison’s Memoir Revisits Her Years at City’s Helm
BY MIKE LEONARD Tomilea “Tomi” Allison acknowledges that she was well into her 13th year as Bloomington’s mayor before she attended a conference about…