Agatha Christie’s Torquay
by DJ Coode Throughout her long life, one place in particular remained close to Agatha Christie’s heart. Tucked away in the southwest corner of England…
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Winston Churchill’s Poetic Speeches of World War II
by Paul Millward In 1940, from deep beneath the buildings of Whitehall in London, in an underground complex known as the Cabinet War Rooms, Winston…
The Fear of Stephen King and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
by Francis McGovern The fear was mine, and the goal of this trip was to face it and honor it, by driving from Fenway Park…
A Meeting of Minds: John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts at the Lab in Monterey
by Victor A. Walsh In the gray light of early morning, the weathered, batten board building stands like a phantom from an earlier time when…
Journeying to the Wilderness of Iceland With Jules Verne
by Jacquelin Cangro As we wind around inlets and coves along the Snaefellsnes Peninsula in western Iceland, I grip the armrest harder. Our destination is…
Interview with Jerry Sutphin, Expert Aboard the Delta Queen Steamboat
by Jennifer Ciotta Gerald W. Sutphin has taken his passion of steam boating to an incredible level. Involved in a variety of river projects since…
A Historical Account Aboard the Delta Queen
By Jerry Sutphin Early one evening in the fall of 1996 I received an unexpected telephone call from David Snow, Special Programs Director for the…
The “Easy” Yet Complex Writing of Walter Mosley, A Black Jewish Author
by Mallory Sweeney Although often pictured sporting his signature cocked, off-white fedora, Walter Mosley proves through his writing that he is certainly capable of wearing…
A New Kind of Renaissance: Touring Harlem
by Jennifer Ciotta As I ventured out into the freezing cold this past Saturday, I almost ran back inside, put off by the wind gusts…
Finding Mark Twain’s Hannibal
by Terrell Dempsey I have spent three delightful days in Hannibal, loitering around all day long, examining the old localities and talking with the grey-heads…