Mr Biswas’ Houses: Finding V.S. Naipaul in Trinidad
by Philip Cartelli From an airplane window, Trinidad initially appears as a dense green forest rising over the turquoise Caribbean Sea. Beyond the Northern Range…
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Pearl S. Buck: A Foreigner in China
by Katharine Mitchell The Chinese port city of Zhenjiang is situated on the Yangtze River, just west of Shanghai. It is small by Chinese standards:…
Jorge Luis Borges in Mythic Buenos Aires
by Michael Warren Knife fights and backdoor Tango joints used to dot the cobblestone barrio where Jorge Luis Borges once lived. Now known as Palermo…
Rousing Nietzsche in Orta, Italy
by D. Curoopen Colpman Of all the Northern Italian lakes, Lake Orta and the town of Orta is a true prize. Divided by the Mattarone…
Standing in Jewish Rome
by Davi Walders Titus’ Arch towers above us; its white marble Corinthian columns and travertine inlays gleam in the sun. It is one of those…
The Visible City of Venice
by Jennifer Wright Nothing is firmly rooted in Venice. As such, it is a city that lends itself to a great deal of missteps and…
A Swiss-Italian Walk With Hermann Hesse
by Kathryn Cicerchi In the quiet cemetery of San Abbondio, standing majestically on the Collina d’Oro (Golden Hill) in Montagnola, Switzerland, rests author Hermann Hesse.…
An Outsider in Latvia, America & Art: Mark Rothko
by Randall Radic East Marion Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York: the odor of pine trees, grass and inactivity loiters in the air. Tall pine trees responsible…
A Comical History of Brussels
by Nicholas J. Klenske Europe has a lengthy history of literary prominence and stature. Paris has the Hunchback of Notre Dame, England its Sherlock Holmes and…
Walker Percy’s Hurricane Theory: An Existentialist Hope for Survivors of Katrina
by Deborah Burst By Northshore standards I’m considered a local, not a native, living here for more than 20 years, across Lake Pontchartrain thirty miles…