A Summer of HummingbirdsRead about another title to make the Monitor's list.
By Christopher Benfey
Christopher Benfey offers a lively account of love, art, and scandal among America’s 19th-century artistic elite.
Read an excerpt from A Summer of Hummingbirds, and listen to Christopher Benfey read Emily Dickenson's poem, "A Route of Evanescence."
The Page 99 Test: A Summer of Hummingbirds.
--Marshal Zeringue