“Brook Farm is the place that most has my heart. When we had to leave I felt utterly bereft and the house haunted me throughout my life: I would dream that somehow I would win it back…”
“Brook Farm is the place that most has my heart. When we had to leave I felt utterly bereft and the house haunted me throughout my life: I would dream that somehow I would win it back…”
Several years back, I made my way through Notre-Dame de Paris, awed by the unreal magnitude and sheer kaleidoscopic grandeur of the interior.
“No longer immersed in the culture in which I am raised, I’m able to see my surroundings better. As a writer, I like being the stranger, the one who doesn’t fit in and scrutinizes society from the sidelines.”
“Paris, for me, after having lived there so many years, gives a sense of permanence and rootedness to my work. It feels like home, as do Napoli and Charleston…”