Republic of words cover

Republic of words

by Susan Goodman

A record of Atlantic Monthly authors reads like a Who's Who of American literature. The magazine's stable of contributors included Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Jack London, Henry James, Robert Frost, and many others. This book captures the emerging culture of arts, ideas, science, and literature in America in its adolescence, as filtered through the intersecting lives and words of the best and brightest writers of the day. Through this lens, Susan Goodman examines the life of the magazine from its emergence in 1857 through the 1920s. -- Book Jacket.

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?