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Episode 14 | Matt Mullins on Anne Bradstreet

The Scandal of Reading

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The Life of a Midwife

Anne Bradstreet published the first book of poetry by any new England writer period man woman, regardless. Her role as a and her life as a mother is really integral to her verse it's integral to her theology,. She had eight kids which she writes about in a couple of famous poems. In late 1640s, a brother in law of hers he's a reverend john woodbridge. He goes on a return voyage to England but has the book published all without her permission.

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