Jamaica Plain & Ralph Waldo Emerson's Wish (Event Video)

While completing his latest book, Alex Krieger realized that his own neighborhood of Jamaica Plain is emblematic of a number of American ideals. Americans still identify with Ralph Waldo Emerson who lamented, “I wish for rural strength and religion, and city facility and polish...” Krieger uses his talk to trace this long American desire to occupy a place in between: city and country; civilization and nature, sophistication and simplicity, community and family and to argue that JP is an answer to Emerson’s wish.

This event was held on January 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m at the Connolly Branch of the BPL. Click on the triangle below to watch the presentation.