"Where They Lived & Scribbled" Series

Visiting Iconic Locations Where Dylan Thomas “Lived & Scribbled” by PortiaLily Taylor

“And I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days...” ~ Dylan Thomas from Poem in October These words of Dylan Thomas from his Poem in October symbolize his reflecting on past experiences that impacted his life and self-awareness. As I, too, consider “a shower of all my days,”… Continue reading Visiting Iconic Locations Where Dylan Thomas “Lived & Scribbled” by PortiaLily Taylor

"Where They Lived & Scribbled" Series

Visiting Oklahoma City, the First Home of Ralph Ellison

Second in the Series "WHERE THEY LIVED & SCRIBBLED" by PortiaLily Taylor Despite being famous for “Invisible Man,” few Oklahomans have been as visible as Ralph Waldo Ellison—a man who the New York Times once said is “among the gods of America’s literary Parnassus.” — Kennedy Parker I discovered author, literary critic, and scholar Ralph… Continue reading Visiting Oklahoma City, the First Home of Ralph Ellison