Blogs about: George Whitman
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2 Lit Visits, 1 Open Mic; 1 – 0 Open Mic over Lit Visits
deleriumIn keeping with my promise to go out to as many “literary events” as I can, I went to a couple last night. There was a gathering at Shakespeare and Company to honor George Whitman,… more →
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George Whitman
wrote 2 months ago: A primeira vez que ouvi falar da livraria Shakespeare and Company foi quando ganhei “Um livro por di … more →
Hemingway's Paris
wrote 2 months ago: Hemingway, an aspiring writer in his early twenties, walked the Boulevard du Montparnasse to reach h … more →
Review: Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
wrote 2 months ago: I caught the documentary Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009) at Anthology Film Archives this pa … more →
Shakespeare and Company, Paris. Quite possibly, the best bookstore in the world.
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wrote 5 months ago: After leaving Saint Michel, I walked through some truly horrendous back streets turned Disney-fied t … more →
Angel in disguise
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wrote 5 months ago: Shakespeare and Company is a bookstore in Paris where one feels like being in one’s own apartment, j … more →
2 Lit Visits, 1 Open Mic; 1 - 0 Open Mic over Lit Visits
wrote 5 months ago: deleriumIn keeping with my promise to go out to as many “literary events” as I can, I we … more →
Remembering George Whitman
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wrote 5 months ago: Some people call me the Don Quixote of the Latin Quarter because my head is so far up in the clouds … more →
Nice places: Shakespeare and Company, Paris.
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wrote 6 months ago: After the required visit to Nôtre Dame in París you can’t leave without crossing the river to … more →
"An angel; or, if not, an earthly paragon."
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wrote 6 months ago: — William Shakespeare, Cymbeline Being the American expat in France for most of my friends back home … more →
A Reader’s Quest: Shakespeare and Company
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wrote 6 months ago: Copyright 2012 by Paula S. Jordan No, not the immortal Bard and his company of actors. Not this tim … more →
The REAL Cemetery of Forgotten Books
wrote 8 months ago: Readers of Carlos Ruiz Zafón will be familiar with, if not emotively tied to, the Cemetery of Forgot … more →
Books, Baguettes & Bedbugs by Jeremy Mercer
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wrote 8 months ago: A colleague in work had to go to Paris for a conference recently and was asking for suggestions of t … more →
Shakespeare & Company
wrote 9 months ago: I have friends in town who wanted to see the “original” Shakespeare & Company, other … more →
Shakespeare and Company: more than a bookstore
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wrote 10 months ago: When American writer Sylvia Beach moved to Paris, her dream became reality. Only, with a twist: inst … more →
My Week in Paris: Day 2
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wrote 11 months ago: I woke up at 4 a.m. and couldn’t sleep back. I spent the first few hours of my day reading the rest … more →
Shakespeare & Company: Turning the Page
wrote 1 year ago: Sylvia Beach Whitman in the shop By Kate McBride The view from the front window of the ramshackle bo … more →
I love France #18: Shakespeare And Company
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wrote 1 year ago: I LOVE FRANCE! I plan to publish this meme every Thursday. You can share here about any book or anyt … more →
The Beat Hotel
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wrote 1 year ago: A couple of years ago, I was ravaging the shelves at the New York Public Library, when I came across … more →
What's Your Favorite Bookstore?
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wrote 1 year ago: I love Amazon.com. I can search for books and read excerpts whenever I want. But there is still some … more →
