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Northshore October 2025
  Anne Bradstreet Poet (1612–1672) Salem, Ipswich, North Andover Literary pioneer Anne Bradstreet is widely considered to be one of the most important early American poets. Interestingly, she did not fancy herself much of a writer, according to Carol J. Majahad, executive director of the North Andover Historical Society. “She was kind of embarrassed when her brother-in-law, unbeknownst to her, took her work to be published. She never felt her stuff was good enough. But her domestic poems were incredible; they are much less formulaic than any of the other poets of her time—perhaps because she never thoug
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