Site Health
When I logged in to WordPress earlier I received three messages about the “health” of my web site. Not only […]
Category: history
Alive and Kicking
Berlin-based Rixdorf Editions continues to establish itself as the premier publisher of Wilhelminia in English translation. Although a streak of […]
A Year in the Arts
We have been ardent supporters of the arts since our undergraduate days. Last year around this time, a colleague at […]
Hiram Arnold
For this Memorial Day, instead of visiting the grave of my Uncle Frank, who was killed in Vietnam three days […]
In Search of Babushka
Babushka’s Journey: The Dark Road to Stalin’s Wartime Camps is an eloquent travel memoir that also manages to do the […]
The Poet in His Labyrinth
“Criticism unfolds the possibility of freedom and is thus an invitation to action.” “Criticism tells us that we should learn […]
The Poet in His Labyrinth
“Criticism unfolds the possibility of freedom and is thus an invitation to action.” “Criticism tells us that we should learn […]
Cuban Fantasia
My most recent fantasy: live part-time in Havana and start an English-language walking tour, modeled after Brendan’s Isherwood’s Neighborhood tour […]
Cuban Fantasia
My most recent fantasy: live part-time in Havana and start an English-language walking tour, modeled after Brendan’s Isherwood’s Neighborhood tour […]
All Apologies
Any time an apology is issued, we need to ask why. Just who exactly is she apologizing to? Can you […]