Anne Frank, Her Life in Letters
by Claudia Clemente I first encountered Anne Frank by reading her diary, when I, like her, was a voracious adolescent reader dreaming of future careers and loves. Years later, as…
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E. B. White: A Shy Man Fond of Creatures
by Deborah Straw Like many other famous writers, E.B. White (1899-1985) was a shy man. He avoided most parties and public appearances. He didn’t want people to find him or…
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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 you may miss it: the total…
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Conjuring Yeats
by Wendy Hawkin If you are searching for signs of fairies, jet to Ireland, and follow the western trail of poet and mystic W.B. Yeats, as I did with my…
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Rosslyn Chapel
by Kate Lau Though I had held my breath through nearly all of Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code, it was admittedly strange that I held my breath as I stepped…
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A Glimpse into the World of Kalawao
by Joseph Yenkavitch Sometimes a small stop on a journey can open up a larger world. While you’re enjoying the four-season delights of Stowe, Vermont, be sure to take some…
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The Spell of the Yukon: Jack London and the Klondike Gold Rush
by Ken Haigh When the steamer, “Portland”, docked in Seattle on July 17, 1897, people were just sitting down to their breakfasts, unaware that this day would be any different…
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The Short Life of Rupert Brooke
by Maggie B. Dickinson On the Greek Island of Skyros, its shores lapped with Byron’s “wine-dark sea”, is a lonely grave. Buried here is Rupert Chawner Brooke – writer, poet and…
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Washington Irving, The Quintessential New York Writer
by Leonora Stein “I thank God I was born on the banks of the Hudson!” wrote the “Father of the American Story” late in life. Never had a writer been…
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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 evokes images of the Yukon,…
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