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Tatty Wreckage in Buenos Aires

This essay about my frame of mind in Buenos Aires is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…

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Life Lessons from a Research Library

Saxon Henry November 17, 2020 American poets Beinecke Library Edith Wharton famous writers Gertrude Stein keeping diaries libraries Lost Generation novelists summer reading list

This essay exploring the life lessons I have learned from a research library is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

A detail from Francesco Melzi’s “Leda and the Swan” housed in the Uffizi Gallery.

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Debating Da Vinci in Milan

Saxon Henry October 10, 2020 grand residences Greek deities Italy keeping diaries painters poetry

This essay exploring the genius of Leonardo da Vinci in Milan is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…

“The Funeral of Shelley” by Louis Édouard Fournier (1889); pictured in the centre are, from left, Trelawny, Hunt, and Byron.

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Leigh Hunt Avid Decorator

Saxon Henry August 24, 2020 British poets England famous writers Great Britain London nobility nonfiction writers poetry salonniere summer reading list

This essay about the decorating exploits of Leigh Hunt is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the…

Julian the Apostate presiding at a conference of sectarians, by Edward Armitage, 1875.

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The Paris of a Pagan

Saxon Henry July 27, 2020 architectural storytelling books of letters classical antiquity France Greek deities Paris royal palaces

This essay examining the military career of the last pagan emperor while he resided in Paris is included in my most recent book The Modern…

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Jim Morrison Irreverent Scribe

Saxon Henry July 20, 2020 France Paris poetry The Literary Adventurer

This essay exploring Arthur Rimbaud’s influence on Jim Morrison is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

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Dylan Thomas in America

Saxon Henry July 14, 2020 authenticity famous writers New York City poetry popular movies summer reading list

This essay exploring the downward spiral of Dylan Thomas during tours of America is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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The Train Leading to Millay

Saxon Henry July 7, 2020 American poets Beinecke Library books of letters New York City poetry summer reading list

This essay following Edna St. Vincent Millay to Croton-on-Hudson by train is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…

When Pope Julius II commissioned Raphael to paint his personal library, one of the four frescoes he completed, The School of Athens, includes Michelangelo leaning on a makeshift table writing poetry. Image courtesy WikiMedia.

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Saluting the Renaissance Book Club

Saxon Henry June 11, 2020 books of letters dead poets society famous writers Florence Italy Michelangelo Petrarch philosophers Renaissance Washington DC

This essay celebrating the first printing presses during the Renaissance in Florence, Italy, is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

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It All Leads Back to Poe

Saxon Henry June 5, 2020 American poets authenticity famous writers libraries New York City novelists poetry summer reading list

This essay highlighting the influence that Edgar Allan Poe had on American literature is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…