Jim Morrison & Lipstick Kisses at Oscar Wilde’s Pere-Lachaise
by Kevin E.G. Perry “They say, Lady Hunstanton, that when good Americans die they go to Paris.” ~ Oscar Wilde, “A Woman of No Importance” Oscar…
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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…
Alexandre Dumas and Monte-Cristo
By Patti Lecron “Ah! Monte-Cristo is one of the most delicious follies ever made. It is the most royal bonbonniere that exists!” wrote Honore Balzac,…
Malabar Farm State Park: Louis Bromfield Comes Home Again
By Roy A. Barnes As a writer myself, I found it a refreshing experience to take some time to visit a place that was once…
The Story of Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf has always had a cult following. A voice like hers comes along perhaps once in a century. Her sad and valiant life story steals hearts.
Hemingway at Shakespeare & Company
For Ernest Hemingway, the walk from his Latin Quarter flat to Gertrude Stein’s pavillon at 27, rue des Fleurs, would have been a pleasant one:…