The complete online text of My Summer with Dr. Singletary by John Greenleaf Whittier.

John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) was an American poet whose humanitarianism and great popular appeal established him as an important 19th-century figure. John Greenleaf Whittier was born on a farm near Haverhill, Mass., on Dec. 17, 1807, of poor Quake...

John Greenleaf Whittier's importance to America's cultural life, and the claim he makes on our remembrance, is at least twofold. In the first place his life was and remains a model of dedication to the twin principles of freedom and tolerance. In the lon...

Although John Greenleaf Whittier's reputation as a poet declined drastically in the twentieth century, his career is of continuing interest as an example of the writer functioning as a deeply committed reform activist. In the thirty-year struggle to abol...

A SEATTLE NATIVE TRAINED AT THE PILCHUCK SCHOOL CREATES GLASS OBJECTS INSPIRED BY NATIVE IMAGERY For Preston Singletary, the discovery of glass was a happy accident. When he was 19, his high school friend, Dante Marioni, invited Singletary to work at Marioni's father's...

He's scored his 2,000th point. He's had his jersey raised to the rafters. It may be some time before the University of Virginia has a player the likes of Sean Singletary again. "I'm not so sure in our lifetime that we'll see...