This Week in Literary History: April 3 to April 10
April 3: What do you think? I think F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald may be the most documented literary couple of the 20th century.
Literary Travels - Angel Island, California (Part 2)
Angel Island, CALIFORNIA – Today, Angel Island is a tranquil 30-minute ferry ride across the bay from Fisherman’s Wharf past Alcatraz Island.
This Week in Literary History: March 28 to April 2
March 28: Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock dies in Toronto on this day in 1944 at aged 74.
This Week in Literary History: March 22 to March 27
March 22: Calling the Prince Regent a “fat Adonis of 40” will get you in trouble.
In the footsteps of the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Varmland, SWEDEN – One of Sweden’s greatest writers, Selma Lagerlof, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in this historic province.
This Week in Literary History March 14 to March 20
March 14: On this day in 1826, Sir Walter Scott compares his novels with Jane Austen’s and finds himself wanting.
The Montgomery, Alabama of Zelda Fitzgerald
Montgomery, ALABAMA – Before she became the world’s most famous flapper, she was known around her hometown as Zelda Sayre
This Week in Literary History: March 7 to March 13
March 7: Poet James Russell Lowell arrives in London in 1880 to take up his duties as Ambassador to the Court of St. James on this day after 3 years served as Minister to Spain.
This Week in Literary History: February 27-March 6
February 27: John Steinbeck, descendent of German farmers from Heiligenhaus is born on this day in 1902 in Salinas, California.
Literary Travels: Alabama's Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast, ALABAMA – Stare straight ahead towards the horizon at the edge of the Gulf Coast of Alabama.