Lady Chatterley’s Lover – A French Take
I recently finished this classic and controversial novel by D.H. Lawrence. Far from the soft pornographic themes I was expecting, …
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Accelerated by Bronwen Hruska – A Review
I recently received an advance copy of Bronwen Hruska’s forthcoming book Accelerated. One rainy afternoon a couple of weeks ago …
Paris Writers’ Workshop Comes to a Close
I just walked in the door from the closing dinner of the Paris Writers’ Workshop which was held at the …
Paris Writer’s Workshop – The Details
As some of you may remember, I am partaking in the Paris Writers’ Workshop this week. What an experience it …
Meeting an Icon
I met Dan Rather last week. He was giving a talk about his recently released memoir entitled Rather Outspoken. For …
Parisian Author Tatiana de Rosnay’s ‘The House I Loved’ – A Review
I’ve just put down Tatiana de Rosnay’s The House I Loved released in March 2012, a novel about one woman’s …
Paris Writer’s Workshop
Becoming Madame will be attending this year’s Paris Writer’s Workshop! Sponsored by WICE, one of the oldest Anglophone organizations in Paris, the Paris …
Rainer Maria Rilke on God
Poet. Writer. Philosopher. Spiritualist. Rainer Maria Rilke certainly warranted all these designations; one might even add that he was gifted …
The Parisian Magic behind Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’
This year’s Oscar nominations gave a flattering nod to French cinema. True, not all the film I include in this …
Quel week-end à Paris!
For the past three years, Parisians have known springtime is beckoning when the posters for the Hermès International Horse Show, …
