Hunter S. Thompson’s Puerto Rican Rum Diary
by Emma Stratton Hunter S. Thompson was 22 when he began work on The Rum Diary, a novel based on his own experiences working as…
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An Unconventional Journey to the Library of Congress
by Alice Leccese Powers For the last dozen years I have edited a literary travel series. My books collect the impressions, in both fiction and…
Alan Lightman Interview, Part 2
by Alex Burack I have found that getting stuck is a very important part of the creative process. That when you’re stuck, your subconscious mind…
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…
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…
O’Henry and The Gift of the Magi
By Mary Pat Musick Do you remember the first time reading O’Henry’s The Gift of the Magi? Do you recall the lump in your throat…
Rest Thomas Wolfe – Thomas Wolfe’s Grave
Thomas Wolfe was stricken with an influenza while traveling in the Pacific Northwest. Wolfe told his doctors he believed that he became sick while on …
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…