Ovid in Exile
by James A. Clapp That the avid traveler is often an avid reader (and/or moviegoer) is frequently noted. It is an observation that surely applies to me. After my passport, tickets and…
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A Week in Provence, Reflections upon Peter Mayles’ A Year in Provence
by David Sclar Anyone who has read Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence will appreciate the anticipation that consumed me when I had the opportunity to spend the last week…
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Lorca’s Deep Song
by Annette Aryanpour More than sixty years ago one of the greatest poets of this century died. He was also the most famous victim of the Spanish Civil War. His…
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The Strange Case Of The Jack Kerouac Estate
Jack Kerouac is known in the popular imagination as the harbinger of the Beat movement – a free-wheeling spirit who “hit the road” in search of a good time and…
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Go to Know: Yeats’ Ireland
“You got to go there, to know there”, wrote Zora Neale Hurston. Although this African-American writer does not automatically evoke Ireland’s patron-poet, Hurston’s words are a compelling command for any…
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Takashi Atoda in Tokyo
by Rob Keast A reader visits the setting of a short story, not only because it is there but because he is there. Some points to consider before we begin……
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John Steinbeck’s California
“I think I would like to write the story of this whole valley, of all the little towns and all the farms and the ranches in the wilder hills. I…
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Teaching John Steinbeck
By Natanya Silverman The novels of John Steinbeck inhabit many bookshelves in classrooms across the United States. High school English classes spend weeks exploring the details of Steinbeck”s novels; the…
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Jack Kerouac And The Satori Highway
By Matt Miller satori – Pronunciation: (su-tr”E, -tOr”E), n. Zen. sudden enlightenment. In 1957, Jack Kerouac, a French Canadian kid from the mill-town of Lowell, Massachusetts, published his second novel,…
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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 basis at the world famous…
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