Hotel Ambos Mundos: Traveling to Cuba the ‘Heming-way’
By Amanda Festa Since January of 2011, when restrictions on traveling to Cuba were loosened, eager travelers have been flocking to the country for one…
Tag: American Literature
The Scroll of Jack Kerouac
And the next item up for bid, ladies and gentleman, is sale # 9652- Lot 307.” This is a common introduction heard on a regular…
A Wasteland of Contradictions: The California Dreams of Nathanael West
By Tim Tejani El Centro, California lies sixty miles inside the Arizona border in Imperial County. This formidably-named milieu can pass all but unnoticed astride…
Robert Frost in the Dismal Swamp
The first book of poetry that Robert Frost published was a small volume entitled Twilight. Frost published Twilight on his own. It was intended as a gift…
Thomas Wolfe: Look Homeward Angel
In the novel, Look Homeward Angel, Thomas Wolfe described the stone statue of an angel, which stood for years on the porch of his father”s…