Remembering James A. Emanuel, Poet, Teacher, Humanitarian
In honor of the American poet James A. Emanuel, a longtime resident of Paris, who passed away at the age of 92 on Sept. 28, 2013, Janet Hulstrand shares her memories of her first encounter with the man and his work and of his guest appearances from 2000 to 2013 in her summer class “Paris: A Literary Adventure.” This article is accompanied by 3 videos of James Emanuel reading his work during his classroom appearance in July 2011.
Love Locks on the Bridges of Paris
Some see them as graffiti, others view them as symbols of love placed at the heart of a romantic city. They are the love locks of Paris, attached to historic bridges over the River Seine. A France Revisited audio-slideshow.
The Abbey of Senanque: Lavender, Old Stones and Poetry in Provence
In Provence, contributor Elizabeth Esris breaks through the picture-post card view of lavender and old stones and allows her imagination to take over while visiting the Abbey of Senanque in the region’s Vaucluse area.
James A. Emanuel, a Great American Poet, Turns 90 in Paris
James A. Emanuel passed away on September 28, 2013, at the age of 92. His ashes are in the columbarim at Pere Lachaise Cemetery...
Les Vaudois: Reflections on a Religious Massacre in Provence
Elizabeth Esris visits the ruins at Mérindol, a hilltop village in the southern portion of Luberon (Vaucluse, Provence), where followers of the Christian Vaudois sect were massacred over a period of five days in 1545 in a crusade ordered by the French King Francois I.
France Elevates Poet Aimé Césaire to Status of “Great Man” at Pantheon
April 6, 2011 – Little noticed and scantily attended on a warm and sunny spring day, France showed its gratitude to one of its...
Poetry: If I could live here
By H. T. Wald
When will you come
visit me in hills
where Paleolithic hands painted
where Cathars became Perfect
where men still speak of the earth
Poetry: 3 Poems by Andrea Bates
Three poems by Andrea Bates: The Gates of Enfer, Roule d'aubergine au chevre, Madame's Cafe of the Gourmet Hand. The poet's first chapbook was Origami Heart.
Where the Seine Flows, and Our Love: The Mirabeau Bridge
You don't have to cross the Pont Mirabeau, the Mirabeau Bridge, to know the famous poem of the same name by Guillaume Apollinaire.