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Northshore October 2025
America's first poet in the New World settled in what is now North Andover. Bradstreet's first book of poetry was published anonymously in England, for to write as a woman was contrary to the Puritan code. Anyone who did was scorned and branded a risk to society. But she created a canon of verse and other writings that shed light on early America and on her own extraordinary life.Andover's Susan Lenoe adopts Bradstreet's persona, playing the courageous poet in performances throughout New England.NS: Mistress Bradstreet, how are you able to write poetry in a society that is hostile to the imagination and especially to women who show it?AB: Whe
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