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 who were boys and girls…
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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 and they live in a…
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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 unknown amidst the pharmacies and…
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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: Slavery in Sam Clemens’s World. The…
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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” for life, I received a…
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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 prone island. The prone island…
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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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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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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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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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