Alan Lightman Interview, Part 2
by Alex Burack I have found that getting stuck is a very important part of the creative process. That when you’re stuck, your subconscious mind is catalyzed and you actually…
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Alan Lightman Interview
by Alex Burack I don’t automatically start on a new book as soon as I’ve finished the previous one. There are some writers who can – they’re like chain smokers,…
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The Opera Garnier: An Eerie Tour of Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera
by Kathryn Yelinek Like any good mystery writer, Gaston Leroux builds his novels in layers. On one layer, his The Phantom of the Opera is a tragic love story about…
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Back to Balzac
by P.B. LeCron Most sightseers who venture into Paris’ chic, residential Passy neighborhood go there to admire the quarter’s lavish Art Nouveau buildings that have risen up in between the…
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Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare & Company, A Mecca for Contemporary Literature
by Virginie Raguenaud When the French bookshop La Maison des Amis des Livres opened its doors on November 15, 1915, at 7 rue de l’Odeon on the Left Bank in…
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Understanding Joie de Vivre, Touring the French Institute Alliance Francaise
by Jennifer Ciotta Unfortunately, I could not travel to France this spring so I decided to bring the country to me in New York City. I discovered that the Francophone, French-speaking, community in the…
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Gertrude Stein, Hostess of the Parisian Literary Salon
by Lauren Owen In 1874 the ground was fertile for Gertrude Stein to become a woman of virile thoughts even in her youth. After having been born in a small…
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Shadows of The Da Vinci Code in Southern France
by Ken Harbinson As it happened, my wife was reading The Da Vinci Code as I was simultaneously absorbed in travel guides for our trip to the southwest of France. …
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‘Bad Boy Poet’ Francois Villon in Medieval and Modern Paris
by Alysa Salzberg The first time I read Francois Villon’s works, I discovered a world I had yet to unearth, however, knew by heart. One of France’s greatest medieval poets,…
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The Adorable Madeline: A Parisian Adventurer
by Jennifer Ciotta In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. Austrian-born Madeline creator Ludwig Bemelmans penned these words…
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