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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.

Books Literature Travel

Saluting the Renaissance Book Club

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…

Creative Writing Literature Travel

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…

Cultural Explorations Films

Django Reinhardt Hot-Jazz Genius

Saxon Henry May 30, 2020 authenticity France Paris popular movies

This essay delving into the gypsy ways of Django Reinhardt is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the…

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A Decadently Yellow London

Saxon Henry May 22, 2020 British poets England Ezra Pound famous writers London nonfiction writers poetry

This essay channeling the Decadents and Aesthetes in London when it was decadently yellow is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34…

Literature Nature Writing Travel

Traveling Italy with Henry James

Saxon Henry May 15, 2020 cathedrals to explore Henry James Italy keeping diaries novelists Venice

This essay following Henry James through Italy is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature…

Portrait of Ottoline Morrell by Adolf de Meyer taken in 1912. Image courtesy WikiMedia.

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Ottoline Morrell Gets Lit

Saxon Henry May 8, 2020 British poets England famous writers grand residences keeping diaries London memoirs novelists painters salonnière Virginia Woolf

This essay exploring the literary world of Ottoline Morrell is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

Art Cultural Explorations Mythology

The Fashionable Grecian Supper

Saxon Henry May 1, 2020 classical antiquity France French aristocracy Marie Antoinette memoirs nobility painters Paris Royal Courtiers salonniere

This essay about a fashionable Grecian supper held by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun is included in my book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…

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A Passion for Paestum

Saxon Henry April 25, 2020 Greek deities Italy keeping diaries libraries nonfiction writers Rome set decoration summer reading list Venice

This essay featuring three important perceptions of the archaeological site in Paestum, Italy, is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other…

Peggy Guggenheim at 81 in her palazzo in July 1979. Image: Marie Cosindas.

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Peggy Guggenheim Goes Off-Beat

Saxon Henry April 18, 2020 American poets famous writers grand residences Italy memoirs Peggy Guggenheim Venice

This essay exploring the world of Peggy Guggenheim in Venice is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book…

Creative Writing Cultural Explorations Literature Travel

Balzac as a Human Comedy

Saxon Henry April 11, 2020 books of letters famous writers France novelists Paris writing desks

This essay channeling Balzac in Paris is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures…