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SAXON HENRY

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Books Cultural Explorations Travel

Bookstores

Saxon Henry May 9, 2021 American poetsEnglandErnest Hemingwayfamous writersLondonLost GenerationNew York CitynovelistsParis

I’ve had a long and passionate love affair with bookstores since I can remember. Some of my finest hours have been spent perusing shelves to…

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Winslow Homer's The Fisher Girl
Art Nature Writing Travel

Winslow Homer In Situ

Saxon Henry February 17, 2021 authenticitynonfiction writerspainters

This essay examining the pragmatic attitudes of Winslow Homer is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

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Two tango dancers in Buenos Aires
Books Cultural Explorations Travel

Tatty Wreckage in Buenos Aires

Saxon Henry December 15, 2020 American poetsfamous writerskeeping diariesnovelists

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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Ernest Hemingway in Paris
Creative Writing Literature Travel

Life Lessons from a Research Library

Saxon Henry November 17, 2020 American poetsBeinecke LibraryEdith Whartonfamous writersGertrude Steinkeeping diarieslibrariesLost Generationnovelistssummer 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…

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

Debating Da Vinci in Milan

Saxon Henry October 10, 2020 grand residencesGreek deitiesItalykeeping diariespainterspoetry

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…

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

Leigh Hunt Avid Decorator

Saxon Henry August 24, 2020 British poetsEnglandfamous writersGreat BritainLondonnobilitynonfiction writerspoetrysalonnieresummer 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…

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Julian the Apostate presiding at a conference of sectarians, by Edward Armitage, 1875.
Architecture Cultural Explorations Mythology

The Paris of a Pagan

Saxon Henry July 27, 2020 architectural storytellingbooks of lettersclassical antiquityFranceGreek deitiesParisroyal 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 of the Doors
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Jim Morrison Irreverent Scribe

Saxon Henry July 20, 2020 FranceParispoetryThe 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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Welsh Poet Thomas in nature
Books Creative Writing Literature

Dylan Thomas in America

Saxon Henry July 14, 2020 authenticityfamous writersNew York Citypoetrypopular moviessummer 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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Books Literature Travel

The Train Leading to Millay

Saxon Henry July 7, 2020 American poetsBeinecke Librarybooks of lettersNew York Citypoetrysummer 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…

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