This essay channeling Percy Bysshe Shelley in Milan is included in my book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature similar literary…
View More Percy Bysshe Shelley in MilanCategory: Creative Writing
Entries filed under the Creative Writing category are pieces that are less reportage and more essayistic pieces I’ve composed. Though varied in their subject matter, each of them is a deeper exploration that many of the pieces I produce from my travels or as a way to explore literary design encounters. There is a building variety of them featured below, such as an exploration of New Journalism through the lens of one May Day when I was having a mani/pedi in New York City while the throngs of marching workers passed by the salon.
Another found me in a spot on a high bald in the Appalachians feeling the grief of nature’s decline while feeling the beauty of her surroundings. I explore my fascination with Django Reinhardt in “Hail Django, Gypsy of Jazz,” and I share my response to one of the most syncopated beach masses I’ve ever celebrated! I feel echoes back in time when combing through Edith Wharton’s papers at Yale, and I record my feelings about an experience I had on the Sioux reservations in South Dakota. I hope you enjoy these pieces, as they are closest to my heart!
Treasures According to Petrarch
This essay defining what Petrarch saw as treasures is included in my most recent book The Modern Salonnière. The 34 other essays in the book feature…
View More Treasures According to PetrarchLife Lessons from a Research Library
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…
View More Life Lessons from a Research LibraryLeigh Hunt Avid Decorator
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…
View More Leigh Hunt Avid DecoratorDylan Thomas in America
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…
View More Dylan Thomas in AmericaIt All Leads Back to Poe
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…
View More It All Leads Back to PoeBalzac as a Human Comedy
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…
View More Balzac as a Human ComedyHenry Miller the Paris Years
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…
View More Henry Miller the Paris YearsShadowing Petrarch in Parma
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. …
View More Shadowing Petrarch in ParmaMedieval Calamities in Paris
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…
View More Medieval Calamities in Paris