Posts filed under ‘About Paris’
Why Paris? Reason #6
Many of the everyday annoyances of life can be cured very simply by spending an hour or two in a Parisian café, watching the world go by, or move on, around you.
Literary Quotes about Paris
A rich array of appetizers for the main course: Paris: A Literary Adventure!
Paris Bookshelf: Good Books About Paris
Here are a few of my favorite books written in, set in, or about Paris. An idiosyncratic list of “additional reading” for my students and anyone else who cares to browse.
Will the real Moveable Feast please stand up?
Forty-five years after it was first published, a newly “restored” version of A Moveable Feast, Hemingway’s classic memoir of his early years in Paris has been released, amid great controversy. How are readers to decide which of these two versions to read?
Why Paris? Reason #5
The Seine, that lovely river that draws everyone inexorably to its banks, has also drawn the notice and literary homage of virtually every writer who has ever spent time in Paris.
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Why Paris? Reason #4
In Paris, people take the time to enjoy living. Why don’t we all?
Bienvenue a Paris!
With each new group of students, the beauty, wonder and excitement of Paris is experienced, as if for the first time, all over again.
Why Paris? Reason #3
Paris has traditionally been a welcoming place for African-American writers, many of whom wrote about the experience.
Why Paris? Reason #2
The French have a term for it: laisser-faire, and it means, basically, that minding your own business is a beautiful thing…
Why Paris? Reason #1
Why have artists and writers (and everyone else) through the centuries fallen in love with Paris?
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 