"On this day" <em>Mass Moments</em>
This brief sketch celebrates Cormier's life and accomplishments on his birthday. Campbell comments on how such a kind man can write such dark novels because evil appears in all places, which Cormier took note of even in his small neighborhood of French Hill. The profile mentions the housefire in Cormier's childhood home, his difficult transition to public school, and his father's death.
<em>Mass Moments</em>
Robert E. Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
21 January 2005
AnnaMary L. Consalvo
Katharine Covino
Elise Takehana
JPG, 8.5x11
English
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"Famed Novelist Gives Leominster Leading Role" <em>Telegram & Gazette</em>
This article explores how Cormier's upbringing in the postwar French Hill district of Leominster influenced the setting for many of his novels. "I'm sentimental about French Hill," proclaims Cormier. The article references a free-verse book about his fictional town Monument, called <em>Airplane</em>, published in 1999 under the titleĀ <em>Frenchtown Summer.</em>
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<em>Telegraph & Gazette</em>
Robert E. Cormier Collection at Fitchburg State University's Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
1 December 1998
AnnaMary L. Consalvo
Katharine Covino
Elise Takehana
JPG, 6.5 x 15.75, 6.75 x 12.75
English
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