GUEST BLOG—Nella Cotrupi on Trieste and Tristezza
I flip pages of my memory like the pages of the many books we’ve read together. What do I come […]
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CLASSICAL TRIVIA! Lost (or Found) in Translation
Every few years, there is a new, and generally assumed to be improved, translation of a major literary classic. Robert
Soldiers at War, Literature in Revolution
As the train crammed with soldiers crept its way past Amiens toward the front, Private Stephen Graham surveyed the scene
GUEST BLOG—The Truth of Myth by Stuart Patterson
We’ve just passed into autumn. Depending on where you are, you’ll be seeing familiar changes sooner or later—shorter days, chillier
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN—Reading the Road on the Camino
Our Camino trips create a rather different balance between reading and walking, with the latter taking up most of the
TODAY IN LITERATURE—Who Is a Twoo Pilgwim?
Ann will be off on the Camino in a couple of weeks. She is busy putting in long miles,
TRAVEL PURSUITS—Winning pix from Colombia, winter 2015
We are pleased to announce the winner of our trip, Colombia: A paradise where reality and magic blur. Our judge
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Mystery & Manners in Savannah
I was mulling over my impressions from our fifth trip to Savannah and was struck that this Travel Pursuit differs from
GUEST BLOG—Truth in Storytelling with Don Whitfield
Last week on my way to the office—after an early morning foray into the part of Homer’s Odyssey where Odysseus
GUEST BLOG—Taking on the Big Questions With Two Titans of Russian Literaure
By Julia Zarankin I am very excited about returning to Classical Pursuits and leading a discussion seminar on Tolstoy and
