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July 17, 2014
Kerouac Searched for the Authentic America
Jack Kerouac has sometimes been accused of being anti-American or of destroying American values, and yet On the Road depicts a young man reveling in America. On the Road is, in many ways, a love letter to the true America. His honest search has inspired countless readers to pack their bags and hit the road, to […]
July 15, 2014
The Starving Artists Gulps Down Konditori’s Swedish Coffee
My friends were visiting from DC recently and we popped into Konditori for a quick coffee break while we were in Williamsburg. Now, if you’ve been following my blog for a while now you know that we Swedes love our coffee. You’d also know that coffee is strongly associated with the culture of the Beat […]
July 4, 2014
Happy 109th Birthday to Lionel Trilling!
Lionel Mordecai Trilling was born in Queens on this day in 1905. At just sixteen years old, he entered Columbia University, where he would go on to become the Edward Woodberry Professor of Literature and Criticism and teach Columbia’s Colloquium on Important Books. Among his students? Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Lucien Carr. Trilling was […]
July 2, 2014
So You Want to Be In Publishing
One of my former interns made this for me on her last day of the internship at the publishing house. Isn’t it so cute? I was really touched. I don’t know that I taught her everything about a career in book publishing, but hopefully I gave her a good foundation. I thought I’d share a […]
June 27, 2014
Friday Links: For the Literary Traveler
Happy Friday! I’ve rounded up a bunch of Buzzfeed articles that feed my need to travel. Hey, if you’re a starving artist and not traveling anywhere this summer at least you can read! The Trainspotting Guide to London 12 Literary Spots in London That Every Book Lover Needs to Visit 17 Bookstores That Will Literally […]
The Pits: Bridge That Jack Kerouac’s Watermelon Man Walked Demolished
The other day I talked about how “karpouzi” is just one of those words I always say in Greek and shared my recipe for watermelon-and-feta salad. Since I’m a big fan of tying things together, can I tell you about a connection between watermelon and Jack Kerouac? In his novel Dr. Sax, Kerouac writes about […]
June 24, 2014
The Starving Artist Eats Watermelon Feta Salad
Yesterday I shared that summer was all about karpouzi at my house. The other Sunday, after church, I had my friend Sandra over for brunch and wanted to make something special. I decided to try my hand at a watermelon-feta salad. This isn’t something I ever grew up eating, but when I attended the GABBY […]
June 23, 2014
It’s All Karpouzi to Me
That’s me as a kid eating karpouzi! Last week I wrote about Feta burgers and how my family used to BBQ all summer long. Our BBQs weren’t complete without karpouzi—watermelon—at the end of the meal, so this week is all about watermelon!! Now I may have grown up in a mono-lingual household, only speaking […]
June 20, 2014
Friday Links: Summer 2014 Reads
When I was a kid I used to participate in the summer reading challenge at my local library. I think I need to challenge myself to do something like that again. I want to spend a lot of lazy hours in Central Park with a book and some fancy French lemonade. I decided to check […]
June 18, 2014
Join Us at the Redeemer Writers Workshop
This upcoming Monday, June 23, 2014, I’ll be leading a writing workshop with my friends and fellow writers Nana, Maurice, and Jane at the Redeemer Offices. Last month when we met I walked away feeling so blessed and inspired. Even though I’m one of the leaders of the group, I get so much out of […]
