J.M. Coetzee’s Warring Cape Town
by Nicholas J. Klenske Perched on the tip of the African Continent, sandwiched between the crash of the Indian Ocean and the roll of the…
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Going Green: The Artists Inn Residence in Washington, D.C.
by Rae Bryant “And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good…
Marfa, Texas: Artist Enclave & Hollywood Oasis
by Bryon Browne Pencils ready- a pop quiz: John Steinbeck is to Salinas, California as Donald Judd is to __________. The correct answer, since the…
Hotel Chelsea: The World’s Most Infamous Writer’s Retreat
by Neil Fitzgerald Henry Miller famously said that most writing is done “away from the typewriter, away from the desk. I’d say it occurs in…
The Odd Couple in Barcelona: Anton Gaudi & Robert Hughes
by Tom McGuire “What is that?” I wondered the first time I saw it. I should have asked the name. I later found it out:…
Sprezzatura in Cinque Terre, The 5 Villages of Effortless Beauty
by Nicole Kennedy The Italians have an expression for art that the English language has still not found an equivalent for: sprezzatura. Sprezzatura is the…
Robert Laxalt’s Nevada
by Peter Mires “My father was a sheepherder, and his home was the hills.” -Sweet Promised Land (1957) To many Americans, Nevada is a place…
Red Cloud, Nebraska: Willa Cather’s Lifelong Muse
by Sue Repko As I drove west toward Grand Island, Nebraska, the psychic battle for my literary allegiance kicked into high gear. Would I continue…
Strong Pioneer Women: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Western Classics
by Rachel McGinnis Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. This prolific American…
Traveler, Writer, Citizen: The James Michener Museum in Doylestown, PA
by Jennifer Ciotta Donning Texan-style bolo ties and large-brimmed cowboy hats, James Michener appeared as if he just stepped out of a Western movie. Spending…