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…
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Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach, A Literary Review
by Mallory Sweeney Many times in children’s literature, the audience is targeted through a variety of simplistic yet effective methods. Children are the main characters…
The Studio Museum in Harlem Presents Africa Comics
by Jennifer Ciotta Days of the Harlem Renaissance still haunt West 125th Street with sites such as the Apollo Theater; however, another landmark goes virtually…
A Revealing Interview with Terrell Dempsey, Author of Searching for Jim: Slavery in Sam Clemens’s World
by Jennifer Ciotta Mark Twain expert Terrell Dempsey uncovers the truths of African American slavery in Hannibal, Missouri, Sam Clemens’s hometown, in Searching for Jim:…
Jamaica Kincaid and Annie John: A Childhood Cut Short
by Jennifer Ciotta I acquired the unique opportunity to study abroad in the West Indies, specifically Barbados, in 1999. Besides bestowing me with the “travel bug”…
The Helen of the West Indies: Derek Walcott’s St. Lucia
by Gaurav Shah I, with legs crossed along the daylight, watch The variegated fists of clouds that gather over The uncouth features of this, my…
Zora’s Immortal South
by Alexandra W. Pecci Eatonville, Florida has one main street, with dusty sidewalks, drooping Spanish moss, and sad, tin-roofed houses of faded stucco. Blink and…
Jack London’s Korea
by James Card In the ways that some writers are remembered for their writings and ramblings in certain corners of the earth, Jack London’s name…
Spring Pools and Clock Towers: Robert Frost, Michigan’s Poet-in-Residence
by Charles Maynard Robert Frost, four time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is said by some to have been the most widely read and continually…
Times of Toil, Tales of Terror: Poe’s Philadelphia
by Scott Mastro Trekking Spring Garden Street north of Philadelphia’s Historical District, one arrives at 530-532 Seventh Street, the only standing structure remaining of Edgar Allan…