by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Apr 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here, in the Gallerie Bessieres located in Chatou, just outside of Paris, is a photo by Serge Najjar, called “The Wait.” He is a Lebanese photographer who traces the fine line between the ordinary and the non-ordinary. When I saw this painting, I thought...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Mar 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
or those of you who are new, we were inspired by The Center for Fiction in Brooklyn who chose 7 debut novelists as finalists for a prize. Here at Godot we have read those same seven, and now we have voted on the prize ourselves. RECAP Brood by Jackie...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Feb 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
ere is a refresher of each of the seven books we’ve read to have our own version of the contest sponsored by the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn. I have cribbed some information from the various posts to remind us all of what the books are about. Please send in...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jan 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
BACKGROUNDThe last novel in our series of seven, The Five Wounds, by Kirstin Valdez Quade, features an unusual background. The Penitentes, male Catholic brotherhoods who re-enacted the crucifixion, flourished in secret up through the mid 20th century in southern...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Jan 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
ne thing about winter, it seems to me, is that the forward motion we normally so enjoy is not really what we experience during this time. It occurs to me that winter is a time of patterns, the way the brush repeats itself along the road, on the hillside, in the parks...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Dec 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
nstead of our usual chatty musings, I thought it might be nice to pause, taking a quiet moment for those of us trying to find our way when the nights are very long this time of year. Crest, Rhône-Alpes, France And if you have a few moments, the following podcast...