Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain at the Abbey of Gethsemani
by William Caverlee Today, those on retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky stay in a shiny new visitors’ facility. However, in the 1970s/80s,…
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Hermann Hesse’s Glass Bead Game: The Fountain of Inspiration
by Steven Hermans I wake up. Around me birds announce the sunrise. Through the plastic of my little tent I see the outline of the…
Edward Abbey Desert Solitaire in the Pinacate Biosphere Reserve
by Audrey Medina The first rays of daylight creep across the jagged black landscape, pushing shadows back beyond the dormant volcano to the sea. The…
Chasing A Phantom in San Miguel de Allende: Beat Inspiration Neal Cassady
by Anthony Maulucci The city of San Miguel de Allende is a rock garden built into a chorus of hills and blooming with the vibrant…
Frances Calderon de la Barca: Life in Mexico
Inka Piegsa-Quischotte For the first time in my life, I was on my way to Mexico. Two things had brought this trip about: a surprise…
Zelda Fitzgerald: The Roaring ’20s Icon
by Sara Hodon Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was one of the most celebrated figures of the 1920s. Along with her husband, novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda…
Tips for Driving in England: Shakespeare, Henry James & Thomas Hardy
by Hunter James Driving in England is a sport best left for the man grown jaded with the old, worn-out things of this world and…
Philip Roth: Goodbye Columbus, Hello Newark
by David Silon I guess I felt a sort of kinship with Philip Roth. Well, vicariously anyway, through my dad. You see he, like Mr.…
Alexander Pushkin, I Loved You Linen Factory
by Maria Kozyreva It was the sixth of June when the greatest Russian poet, Alexander Sergeevitch Pushkin, was born. It is on this very day…
Bleak Kaliningrad: Infused with the Happiness of Philosopher Immanuel Kant
by Lisa Piergallini Tightening the protective thickness of my long coat, I began to question whether or not coming here was a good idea. A…