Posts tagged ‘Paris’
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.
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?
“America is my country, and Paris is my home town.”
…although it is certainly not the only place in the world that has attracted more than its fair share of artists over the centuries, both the strength and the persistence of its appeal invites the question, “Why Paris?”
Paris Through the Eyes of Travelers
My career developed out of a dual obsession. Reading made me want to travel, and traveling gave me more to read about. (And, in the way that it often does, all that reading eventually led to my own writing.)…It’s a cliche but it’s true: through the years I’ve learned as much from my students as they have from me. And we’ve all learned wonderful things together from the writers we’ve read…We’ve learned about love. About life. About the power and beauty of words.
Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road 