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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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Spring Pools and Clock Towers: Robert Frost, Michigan’s Poet-in-Residence

by Charles Maynard Robert Frost, four time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is said by some to have been the most widely read and continually anthologized American poet of the…

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Times of Toil, Tales of Terror: Poe’s Philadelphia

by Scott Mastro Trekking Spring Garden Street north of Philadelphia’s Historical District, one arrives at 530-532 Seventh Street, the only standing structure remaining of Edgar Allan Poe’s five Philadelphia residences. This…

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Places Where Hemingway Fished in Michigan

by William Burr One of the first streams Hemingway fished was School Creek, not far from Walloon Lake. As his skill with a fly rod improved and he became older,…

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