Alan Lightman Interview
by Alex Burack I don’t automatically start on a new book as soon as I’ve finished the previous one. There are some writers who can…
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The Opera Garnier: An Eerie Tour of Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera
by Kathryn Yelinek Like any good mystery writer, Gaston Leroux builds his novels in layers. On one layer, his The Phantom of the Opera is…
Back to Balzac
by P.B. LeCron Most sightseers who venture into Paris’ chic, residential Passy neighborhood go there to admire the quarter’s lavish Art Nouveau buildings that have…
Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare & Company, A Mecca for Contemporary Literature
by Virginie Raguenaud When the French bookshop La Maison des Amis des Livres opened its doors on November 15, 1915, at 7 rue de l’Odeon…
Understanding Joie de Vivre, Touring the French Institute Alliance Francaise
by Jennifer Ciotta Unfortunately, I could not travel to France this spring so I decided to bring the country to me in New York City. I discovered that the…
Gertrude Stein, Hostess of the Parisian Literary Salon
by Lauren Owen In 1874 the ground was fertile for Gertrude Stein to become a woman of virile thoughts even in her youth. After having…
Thomas Wolfe’s Dixieland, Thomas Wolfe’s Old Kentucky Home
by Francis McGovern The Old Kentucky Home, known as “Dixieland” in the novel Look Homeward Angel by Thomas Wolfe, is located at 48 Spruce Street…
Footprints in Cloutierville
by Linda McGovern If you didn’t know Kate Chopin had lived there for a time, you might never have heard of or driven through Cloutierville…
Sunset Grand Isle, LA, A visit to the setting of The Awakening
by Linda McGovern Grand Isle, a three hour drive south of New Orleans, is on the outermost shore of Louisiana. The drive takes quite some…
A Good Writer Is Hard To Find: The Search For Flannery O’Connor
by Linda McGovern To try and get more from a writer than what you see on the page, depends on the writer and their ability…