Dodai Stewart and Joann Pai
- Afro-American , Black People , Books and Literature , Civil Rights Movement (1954-68) , Frisco , Paris (France) , The (Newspaper) , Travel and Vacations , World War II (1939-45) , Writing and Writers
- May 8, 2025
- 135 views
‘Paris Here I Come!’: The Story of a 1950s Guide for Black Travelers
My favorite Paris guidebook is not from Lonely Planet, Wallpaper or Monocle. In fact, I’m sure you have never heard of it. Titled “Paris Here I Come!” and published by…
- Books and Literature , Content Type: Personal Profile , Curtis , Frisco , Prep (Book) , Show Dont Tell (Book) , Sittenfeld , Women and Girls , Writing and Writers
- March 8, 2025
- 353 views
Curtis Sittenfeld Goes Home Again
There really was a woman who photocopied her butt at a workplace in the 1980s. Curtis Sittenfeld, 49, heard about the incident when she was a girl and filed it…
- Alberto K , Frisco , Fujimori , Isabel , Mario , Peru , Preysler , Vargas Llosa , Writing and Writers
- February 20, 2018
- 120 views
The Elder Statesman of Latin American Literature — and a Writer of Our Moment
Mario Vargas Llosa isn’t a household name among American readers. But at 81, he remains a literary and political colossus across the Spanish-speaking world, and his novels have never felt…
