Special Contributor Andrew Edwards has written a fantastic piece on Pirandello's Sicily.
Andrew Edwards is a translator, currently working on the English translations of the books “Journey to Sicily with a Blind Guide” and “The Sicilian Defence”.
This Week in Literary History: May 30 to June 10
May 30: Leo Tolstoy intercedes on behalf of Maxim Gorky and gets the author, arrested on charges of printing revolutionary literature, released from prison.
Literary Travels: Something personal to note about stolen luggage and missing iPad
Sorry for the absence in updates from the past week. In Georgia for literary tour and Civil War tour. iPad was in luggage that was stolen.
This Week in Literary History: May 15 to May 25
May 15: House-bound for the past 21 years, American poet Emily Dickinson dies of nephritis in Amherst, Mass at age 55 on this day in 1886.
This Week in Literary History: May 8 to May 14
May 8th: On this day in 1899, the Irish Literary Theatre , the precursor to the Abbey Theatre, opens in Dublin with W.B. Yeat’s The Countess Cathleen.
In the footsteps of the Civil War - the Northern perspective
Baltimore, MARYLAND – The first bloodshed in the Civil War occurred here in Baltimore not on a battleground between Union and Confederate soldiers but when a riot broke out.
This Week in Literary History: April 28 to May 7
April 29: In 1945, Ezra Pound is turned over to the U.S. Army by Italians where he is imprisoned for several weeks in Genoa.
This Week in Literary History: April 20 to April 27
April 20: On this day in 1859, the first volume of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is published.
In the footsteps of the Civil War - Richmond, Virginia
Richmond, VIRGINA — The woman at the Confederate museum gift shop eyes the $50 bill I try to hand over.
This Week in Literary History: April 11 to April 18
April 11: On this day in 1931, the “reign of terror” as she described it is over as Dorothy Parker steps down as drama critic for The New Yorker.