Best Five Poems About Mothers Nov 20, 2009
"To My Mother" by Christina Rossetti. This poem is simple but sweet. (Suite101.com)
REVIEW: Book combines ghost story and coming-of-age drama Oct 20, 2009
In the backdrop of this tale is Highgate Cemetery, the resting ground for Karl Marx, George Eliot and Christina Rossetti. Niffenegger is a guide there and sprinkles the book with tons of vivid descriptions and colorful history. (Honolulu Advertiser)
New Niffenegger novel set in Victorian Valhalla Sep 30, 2009
Niffenegger spent years researching the fabled London cemetery for her book - the final resting place for such luminaries as novelist George Eliot, actor Ralph Richardson, physicist Michael Faraday and poet Christina Rossetti, as well as Marx and a handful of Dickenses. Now she's so familiar with it that she can guide tourists around with professional ease. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Cantata Singers finale truly spans the ages May 11, 2009
Friday's selection came from Dorchester's Neighborhood House Charter School, a group of whose students were on hand to sing "Wrens and Robins" and "The Caterpillar," on poems by Christina Rossetti. They were charming yet surprisingly substantial pieces, vigorously sung by the NCHS students and the Boston Children's Chorus. (Boston Globe)
M-Z Essential 1700s and 1800s Briti... Mar 22, 2009
R - Christina Rossetti. Rosetti (1830-1894) was a poet of romantic, devotional, and children s poetry, Her best known work is In the Bleak Midwinter. (Suite101.com)
