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

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Ottoline Morrell Gets Lit

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…

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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…

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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…

Emily Dickinson, the most famous resident of Amherst.

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Anguished in Amherst

Saxon Henry April 4, 2020 American poets poetry The Literary Adventurer

This essay channeling Emily Dickinson in Amherst is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar…

Detail of the cover of the first edition paperback of “Tropic of Cancer”

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Henry Miller the Paris Years

Saxon Henry March 29, 2020 Beinecke Library famous writers France keeping diaries libraries Lost Generation novelists Paris Yale University

This essay about Henry Miller in Paris is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary…

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Shadowing Petrarch in Parma

Saxon Henry March 23, 2020 cathedrals to explore Italy Medieval Times Parma Petrarch

This essay is included in my new book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary adventures and traveling with intention. …

Abelard in his tomb at Pere La Chaise in Paris

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Medieval Calamities in Paris

Saxon Henry March 7, 2020 books of letters France journals Medieval Times memoirs Paris philosophers

This essay about the calamities of Héloïse and Abélard is included in my book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature…

The reading room of the Bibliothèque Mazarine

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Libraries Are My Temples

Saxon Henry February 19, 2020 architectural storytelling Baroque Era Emotionality of Architecture France libraries Louis XIV Paris royal palaces

This essay about the legacy of Cardinal Mazarin, which includes several libraries, is included in my book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in…