James Joyce and the Golden Gate of Pula
By Sara Whitestone I stood in Portorata Square in Pula, Croatia, the late afternoon sun shining through the Arc of the Sergii. Today this Roman…
Author: Carly Cassano
Special Event: “Self-Publishing in 2013 – The Year for Your Novel” with Jennifer Ciotta
Are you an aspiring writer who dreams of being published? Do you have an idea for a novel but just don’t know where to start? …
Bruce Chatwin and Dr Ho
By Jonathan Chatwin
The road ran unrelenting in front of me, straighter than it had any right to be in such mountainous country.
Barefoot in Hiroshima
By Thomas Kenning Hiroshima is one of those words so laden with meaning, so heavy with history, that its mere mention, without elaboration or context,…
Gemma Hardy vs. Jane Eyre
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse Margot Livesey’s novel, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, is a bold and brave new adaption of Charlotte Bronte’s much beloved Jane…
Betty Smith Knew Brooklyn
By Amy Hamblen Growing up in the Midwest, my childhood was a whirl of swimming in strip pits, hunting for morel mushrooms in small forests,…
Movie Review: On the Road
By Wes Newbury A brief reflection on literature, and an even briefer one on the movie, On the Road. Jack Kerouac’s On the Road captured the beat of…
Review of Les Miserables: The Movie
By Jessica Ellen Monk Strictly speaking, Les Misérables is not a Literary Adaption; it’s based on the musical, not the Victor Hugo novel. The story has traveled…
Review of Cosmopolis: The Movie
By Antoinette Weil When I chose to watch Cosmopolis as part of our Literary “Fauxscars” segment, I went in with a clean slate. That is,…
Beyond Ideology: The Poetry of Separation in South Korea
The haunting parallels of separation and unification that a visit to the DMZ conjure ...