Mornings on Maple Street

a collection of articles, stories, photographs, the Lewis Hine Project, and much more by Joe Manning

Claudine Abele, Seward County, Nebraska

Mona Lisa of the Plains I saw this photograph on the Library of Congress website in early December 2007. I must have stared at it for five minutes. I thought it was one of the most beautiful pictures I had ever seen. I still do. At the time, I didn’t know anything about the … [Read more...]

Oyster Shuckers, Port Royal, South Carolina

Josie, six year old, Bertha, six years old, Sophie, 10 years old, all shuck regularly. Maggioni Canning Co. Location: Port Royal, South Carolina, Lewis Hine, Febraury 1911. This is one of about 20 photos Hine took at this little hamlet in the South Carolina "low country." His … [Read more...]

“Livers,” St. Louis, Missouri

  Who is this boy? Lewis Hine caption: "Livers" a young newsie. Location: St. Louis, Missouri, 1910. I was able to get a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch to publish this photo and an article about my research. It appeared in the paper on Dec 28, 2007. No … [Read more...]

I Love Baseball

I remember my Grandpa, his hat in his hand, The Star Spangled Banner being played by the band, The roar of the crowd as the pitcher took aim, When baseball was just a game. I Love Baseball is a collection of fifteen brand new songs about the grand old game, written by … [Read more...]

Gig at the Amtrak

In Gig at the Amtrak: Poems & Discoveries, Joe Manning plays words like a jazz musician plays the saxophone — edgy, earthy, blue-noted, a little behind the beat — like Hank Mobley, who inspired the title poem. And especially in the poetry born of his journeys in North Adams, … [Read more...]

Disappearing Into North Adams

"I can sit there and see where North Adams used to be," says Peter Cronin, from the deck of his hillside home. Author Joe Manning understands. He has been writing about North Adams for nearly five years, and he achieved wide acclaim for Steeples, his first book about this small … [Read more...]

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