Henry Miller and Me
By James Michael Dorsey It was 1973 when I unexpectedly landed a job as a letter carrier in the idyllic seaside community of Pacific Palisades, California. After several previous dead-end…
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Reimagining Cities – A free webinar featuring Ken Greenberg – Thursday, June 25, 2pm Eastern
Do you want to learn more about how urban planning strategies can address the novel challenges posed by COVID-19? Or how some of the world’s most liveable cities exist thanks…
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Steve Jermanok Video Interview New England in a Nutshell
We sat down for an interview with Steve Jermanok about his new guide book New England in a Nutshell. With the forced downturn in travel and a public yearning…
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Crime Writers Tour: In Search of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie
By Stephen Margrett With an appreciative nod to Wilkie Collins and others who blazed the trail, it really started with Sherlock Holmes. In his first novel, A Study in Scarlet…
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Macondo Magic and Other Blessings
By Suzanne Adam The death of Gabriel García Márquez prompted me to reread his Nobel-winning One Hundred Years of Solitude,“Cien Años de Soledad” in Spanish—the epic novel, which traces the…
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Travel from Home while Social Distancing
By Jaclyn Tilks We all know in our hearts that if we are at home social distancing, we are the lucky ones. If we aren’t sick, working on the frontlines…
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Theaters in the Age of COVID-19: A Look at the Past and Future of Cinema
By Hannah White As a dedicated movie-goer, one thing I have really been missing since March is that excited feeling you get when you walk into a theater, ready to…
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: Cross Creek
Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and the seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time. So ends the book, Cross…
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Libraries and Bookstores Foster Community during a Pandemic
By Hannah White Bookstores and libraries are places often associated with solitude. And while it’s true that not much is better than curling up in a corner of your favorite…
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A Literary Journey to Fireland: Tierra del Fuego
By Adam Freedman Now that virtually every inch of the planet has been charted and tamed, some part of our collective psyche has become bored. Witness the explosive growth of…
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