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Perspective: When Authors Keep Secrets

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

chase water at sunset

It’s one thing when a narrator keeps secrets. It’s another when an author keeps them. Join us for “The Remains of the Day.”

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Perspective

Forgotten Classics: “The Moon Is Down” by John Steinbeck

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

“The Moon Is Down,” the 1942 short novel by John Steinbeck, was disliked by U.S. critics, but it had a large impact in occupied Europe.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Classic Books

W.H. Auden’s “September 1, 1939″ – The Biography of a Poem by Ian Sansom

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

“September 1, 1939” is one of Auden’s most famous poems. But British writer Ian Sansom sees the flaws. His biography of the poem and the poet is marvelous.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Literary Analysis, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, W. H. Auden

Regional Tour: Holocaust Memorial Center, Farmington Hills, Michigan

By Sandra Heska King 11 Comments

Regional Tour Holocaust Memorial Center Farmington Hills Michigan autumn leaves by railroad tracks

Sandra Heska King takes a sobering regional tour to the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington HIlls, Michigan.

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Holocaust Poems: Interview With Poet and Filmmaker Janet R. Kirchheimer (part 2)

By Maureen Doallas 5 Comments

Holocaust poems Janet R. Kirchheimer Interview

Maureen Doallas interviews poet and filmmaker Janet R. Kirchheimer about an exhibition of family photos that helps preserve the memory of the Holocaust.

Filed Under: Blog, Holocaust Poems, Poems, poetry

Holocaust Poems: Interview with Poet and Filmmaker Janet R. Kirchheimer (Part 1)

By Maureen Doallas 4 Comments

Holocaust poems interview with Janet Kirchheimer

Maureen Doallas interviews poet and filmmaker Janet R. Kirchheimer about poetry as the only “language” in which to write about the Holocaust.

Filed Under: Blog, Holocaust Poems, Poems, poetry

Poets and Poems: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and “Prussian Nights”

By Glynn Young 14 Comments

Tweetspeak Poetry Poets and Poems: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and “Prussian Nights”

“Prussian Nights” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn reminds us that victory in war doesn’t automatically mean moral superiority over an enemy.

Filed Under: book reviews, Humanity Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets, Russian Poets

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