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“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
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
Image found at https://www.neh.gov/article/oz-americas-fairy-tale “Though the best way to engage with great authors of the past is, of course, to read their work, there’s plenty to gain from visiting the places where they lived and scribbled. Touring writers’ preserved homes can help put their books in historical context or fulfill a quasi-religious need to pay… Continue reading “Where They Lived & Scribbled” Series: Visiting Coronado, the Winter Home of L. Frank Baum
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