by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jan 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
he fiction author, George Saunders, recently spoke about qualities inherent in the short story: efficiency, escalation, and even transcendence. Some literary works do not adhere to this pattern, he said, such as Waiting for Godot, but that the play’s author...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jan 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
rench students study French literature in a curious way. They are given an excerpt of a French literary text, a couple of chapters of a novel, for example, or a few poems. The teacher then supplies a one-sheet biography along with a summary of the work, and any...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jan 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
poem by the Sufi mystic Rumi begins, “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep.” The beginning of the year seems close to that part of us that responds to the promise of the new, with an urge, if not to make resolutions, at least to entertain...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Dec 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
The holiday season in France is a testimony to how much the French value celebration. Many holidays, including three or four weeks of vacation, often in August, give the French a healthy work / life balance. So, what does it mean to celebrate during the...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Dec 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
ne of the funniest stories about travel and crimes and not really speaking the language occurred in a bathroom in a small hotel in Italy. A traveler of modest means stood on the closed toilet seat to look out the tiny window to obtain a prisoner’s view of the...