Laurel Zuckerman's Paris Weblog

The big business of e-books and its impact on writers

 In preparing for the talk today at the Paris Writers Workshop on Electronic Books: Opportunities and Pitfalls for writers, I realized there is a lot I want to say about business.

Not business! 

Yes, I know. Mention business and  writers--often the best writers--tend to faint like marines at the sight of a needle.

But writer friends, you need to know how the technological revolutions in the book INDUSTRY affect you. Production, distribution, logistics, marketing -- and don't vomit! --outsourcing, decentralization, and automation !

And, even, (slap! slap! stay with us)  division of profits. 

Readers and writers shall always be with us. Because we need to tell and to be told stories.

But how stories are selected, disseminated, stored and paid for is changing. Radically. 

And this affects us all. For better and for worse. 

But mostly, for us writers, for the best.

It's a whole new world out there...

NEWS FLASH ! Paris Writers Workshop Lecture Series June 28-30

Paris Writers Workshop Lecture Series

WICE Blog - Writing and Literature

The Paris Writers Workshop is proud to host free readings and 4 lectures. These events will be held from June 28th through the 30th and are free to members of the workshop and only 10 Euros for WICE members! Lectures will be held at the Forum 104, found at 104 rue Vaugirard, 75006 Paris; Métro: Saint Placide

The first lecture: The Novel and Globalization June 28 - Gretel Furner

How does an ever-shrinking, multi-cultural world affect the way we write nWICEovels today? How does the Internet, telephone and Skype play into modern life dramas, along with cultural diversity and international news developments? How can the novel hope to contain the vast new horizons of modern consciousness?

The second lecture: Travel Writing June 29 - Christine Buckley and Ann Mah

A pair of Paris-based American writers will discuss the genre from two different perspectives. Ann Mah started writing travel articles for an English-language expat magazine in Beijing. She continues to seek stories that allow her to explore new cities and cultures the way she likes best: through food. Christine Buckley began her career filing destination-oriented travel pieces for Internet magazines and guidebooks. Her more recent print, radio and television journalism tends to focus less on the practical details in favor of the personalities she meets along the way.

The third lecture: Nuts and Bolts: Taking Your Novel to the Market Place June 30 - Ann Mah, Janet Skeslien Charles, and Paul Schmidtberger

If you want to get your novel polished to perfection and into the hands of a dynamic agent who will sell it to your ideal publishing house this is the session for you. Three debut novelists (published by Bloomsbury, Harper Collins, Doubleday) will share insights, lessons learned, tips, dos and don'ts; everything you need to bring your story to the market. They will also assure you this is only half the journey. Learn what you need to do after you get a publisher: the editing process, building your marketing platform, designing a launch strategy, keeping your name out there, and becoming your own public relations agency. 

The final lecture: Electronic Books Opportunities and Pitfalls for Writers June 30 - Laurel Zuckerman

After a period of intense economic concentration, the publishing industry faces a new challenge: digital books. Printing and logistics costs have plummeted. Short print runs and immense catalogues become viable. Suddenly your book can be purchased and delivered worldwide at the click of a button—and that’s not marketing hype. What does this mean for the author? As new industries arise to help and to exploit writers, how can you tell the difference? When does it make sense to go digital? In a situation which changes nearly daily, what are the dangers to avoid? The possibilities to explore? Laurel Zuckerman—author, editor, and former logistics systems specialist—shares her findings in a open discussion with other PWW writers.

France still in La La Land on retirement

 As Britain prepares to meet the oozing disaster that is long term pension financing by raising the retirement age every five years, and Germany and Americans hunker down to work until age 67 (or more), France has embarked on a heroic mission to defy reality, numbers, mathematics and common sense. 

"We're hoping for over a million protesters. Maybe it will even be two million," said François Chereque, head of France's biggest union, in preparation for protests against pension reform.

Railway, metro and bus workers went on strike too (and they aren't even concerned by the measures)

At stake, a feeble plan to eventually raise the retirement age to 62 for some workers, mostly those who can't defend themselves with strikes. 

The irony, of course, is that such a plan will scarcely make a dent in France's pension obligations which are completely unfunded and out of control.  

 All rich countries face the same demographic dilemna, but only France has raised total denial to a surreal artform.

And, instead of planting billboards with the horrific figures in every metro station and on every street corner, France's Socialist politicians mumble weird incantations about "defending the retirement age at 60"  while the right tries to pretend that 62 is enough.

According to The Economist, a successfully implemented plan will meet "less than half of the 45 billion euro state pension fund shortfall by 2020."

That's some powerful kool aid we're drinking!

GREVE ! Exam takers struggle to reach crucial school leaving test sites!

 Warning: grumpy post! 

Frankly, it's one of the worst things about France.

Strikes.

Several times a year. Every year. The reasons change but the ritual remains the same. 

Workers fight to get to work;  tourists stand perplexed in front of closed monuments and museums; parents improvise child care as class doors slam shut.

And,  nearly every year during the crucial high school baccalaureat exam, students run the gauntlet to reach exam sites. 

This year is no exception as unions are calling for strikes to protest plans to increase the retirement age to 62. 

(Just for the record, that's still five years less than in Germany or the USA, and three years less than nearly any other country in Europe).

So, in order to protect their special privileges, rail, metro and bus workers among others have decided to make life hell for 17 and 18 year- olds who are trying to pass their exams.

 In our town, parents will miss work to drive their kids across the Paris region to test sites while kids who live closer will jump on very early buses or plan to walk the half hour or hour to the test site.

As if the famous "bac" is not stressful enough.

French Minister of Education Luc Chatel announced today that students "with valid justification" could retake the orals if strikes prevented them from reaching the test sites. How we are to interpret this is anyone's guess. 

Good luck, children. Here's the latest on the strikes.

Shakespeare and Company's Paris Literary Festival Starts Today !

FESTIVAL AND CO SCHEDULE  (in the park by Shakespeare and Co on the Seine)

check website for updated info

FRIDAY 18 JUNE	SATURDAY 19 JUNE	SUNDAY 20 JUNE
11.00-11.50 Jack Hirschman NO IT U LOVER Introduced by Heather Hartley	11.00-11.30 Denis Hirson Poetry accompanied by guitarist Mike Dickman	11.00-11.50 Breyten Breytenbach In conversation with Janine di Giovanni
	11.40-12.30 Fatima Bhutto Politics and Violence in Pakistan In conversation with Janine di Giovanni
12.00-12.50 Ian Jack What it Was Like: The Radical Changes in British Life and the Practice of Journalism - What Happens Next? In conversation with Janine di Giovanni		12.00-13.00 Nam Le & Petina Gappah The World in Short In conversation with Erica Wagner
	12.45-13.35 Martin Amis The Narrative of Controversy: Martin Amis and Fiction in the Post 9.11 World In conversation with Will Self
13.00-13.50 English PEN Writers in Prison Chip Martin & Carole Seymour-Jones in conversation
		13.15-14.15 Mathias Énard & Raja Shehadeh Writing, Violence and Conflict In conversation with Natalie Levisalles (in French, translated into English)
14.00-15.00 Njabulo Ndebele & Mark Gevisser Biography as Political Storytelling in South Africa A public conversation Introduced by Janine di Giovanni	14.00-15.10 Panel Table ronde What the World Cup Means for Africa: Four Writers Kick the Ball Around Panel chaired by Mark Gevisser, with Breyten Breytenbach,Petina Gappah & Njabulo Ndebele
		14.30-15.20 Hanif Kureishi Writing the Suburbs, Writing the City In conversation with Steven Gale
15.10-16.00 Raja Shehadeh Beyond Borders: Writing out of the Palestinian Enclave In conversation with Steven Gale
	15.20-15.50 TJ Dema Spoken Word Introduced by Heather Hartley
		15.30-16.00 Zena Edwards Truth be Told Performance poetry with bass by Acelino de Paula. Introduced by Heather Hartley
	16.00-16.50 Philip Pullman Storytelling and Authority In conversation with Erica Wagner
16.10-17.20 Panel Table ronde Do Books Change Things? Are Things Changing Books? Panel chaired by Ian Jack, withOlivier Postel-Vinay, Philip Pullman & André Schiffrin		16.10-17.00 Jeanette Winterson Please Don’t Leave Me - The World, The Story, The Self Introduced by Erica Wagner
	17.00-18.00 Emma Larkin How to Write a Book in a Military Dictatorship In conversation with Steven Gale With a reading by Jane Birkin
		17.10-18.00 Yusef Komunyakaa Poetry Introduced by Steven Gale
17.30-18.00 Natalie Clein Solo Cello in Many Voices
18.10-19.00 Will Self Sex, Death and Laughter in the Dark In conversation with Janine di Giovanni Reading from Dorian	18.10-19.00 David Hare Forty Years as a Playwright In conversation with Janine di Giovanni
		18.15-19.30 Porchlight Storytelling Strange Bedfellows - Stories of Alliance Hosted by Beth Lisick &Arline Klatte. Participants: Robert Mailer Anderson, Agneta Falk,Gentry Lane, Alfonso Montuori

 

All events take place in a marquee in the Square René Viviani, directly next to Shakespeare & Company (37 rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris).

Janet Skeslien Charles' MOONLIGHT IN ODESSA wins Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance

from BOOKSELLER : Debut takes Melissa Nathan prize

16.06.10 | Katie Allen

Janet Skeslien Charles' debut novel about a mail-order bride has won the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance.

Moonlight in Odessa, published by Bloomsbury, is the story of Daria, who takes a job at dating service Soviet Unions. It beat titles from Katie Fforde and Danny King, among others.

Charles received the award this evening (15th June). 

Judge Joanna Trollope said: "This novel is certainly romantic, and certainly witty—but very much more besides. . . It's a novel that stays with you for all the right reasons."

Charles said "What a thrill to receive the Melissa Nathan Award . . . Growing up in small-town America, I dreamed of Europe and longed to be a writer. Winning this Award exceeded my dreams."

The Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance is the UK's only literary award dedicated to comedy romance writing.

The other shortlisted novels were: I Heart New York by Lindsay Kelk (HarperCollins), Wedding Tiersby Trisha Ashley (Avon), Tug of Love by Allie Spence (Little Black Dress), Love Letters by Katie Fforde (Century) and Blue Collar by Danny King (Serpent's Tail).

Congratulations Janet !!

for interview with Janet Skeslien Charles, click here.

PWN News Flash : 17 JUNE Nicola Keegan reads from acclaimed novel SWIMMING at WHSMITH

 Thursday 17th June at 7 p.m.  (Please RSVP to [email protected])

Meet Nicola Keegan as she presents and signs her novel : Swimming

 Swimming is the story of Pip’s journey from a small Midwestern swim team to her first state meet, her brutal professional training, and the final, record-breaking swims that lead to her dizzying ascent to the Olympic podium in Barcelona. It’s the story of a girl who discovers, in the loneliness of adolescence, in the family tragedies that threaten to engulf her, the resilience of the human spirit and the spectacular power of her own body.

 PRAISE FOR SWIMMING (Nage Libre in French)

A ferociously original novel, sparkling with wit and blazing with emotion, from a gifted new novelist.

“The success of this marvelous novel floats on that voice, ripe with adolescent wit and angst”. -- The Washington Post

“I loved Swimming. It’s the most original novel I’ve read all year. I can’t get Pip’s voice out of my mind. Give yourself a treat this summer—read this book.” —Judy Blume

 “Keegan’s energy jumps off the page. . . . Swimming is a wonderful coming-of-age story, a richly detailed account of a young woman channeling her rage, grief and insecurity into a passion to win. The voice Keegan has invented for Pip is sarcastic, thoughtful, elegant, irreverent.” —Diane White, The Boston Globe

 “Keegan takes on death, religion, relationships and coming-of-age in her gorgeously stylized and irreverent debut about a rising Olympic swimming star. . . . Keegan's linguistic playfulness moves the story at a fast clip. . . . This is worth reading for the prose alone.” —Publishers Weekly

“A troubled child finds her natural element, swimming her way to the Olympics, in this shimmering debut. Young Pip relays her tale with such insight, you’ll feel you’re floating beside her.” —Good Housekeeping

“A fine debut novel about the making of a Olympic champ.”  —People

“Nicola Keegan’s sleek–as–a–porpoise debut novel.” —Cathleen Medwick, O, The Oprah Magazine

“[A] stroke of genius.” —Daily Candy

 

PRAISE FOR NAGE LIBRE

 « C'est un roman touffu et bruissant, fantastiquement drôle et émouvant. Philoména est attachante au-delà des mots » - Cuneipage

 « Nicola Keegan suit la chronique d’une chute annoncée, en un roman de formation d’une densité rare, un portrait de femme proprement hallucinant. Elle transmet la voix intérieure de Pip, hors du commun, entre naïveté, acuité et causticité et compose un texte sidérant, hypnotique, unique » - Mediapart

 See interview with Nicola.

WH Smith Paris - 248 rue de Rivoli - 75001 Paris - M° Concorde

 

Greedy French politician gets caught

 How many salaries, perks, pensions and special missions does a lady need to make ends meet? 

Answer:  It's never enough!!

At least, not for Christine Boutin...

Power, pay, perks and even pensions. French politicians can enjoy the benefits of up to four jobs at one time ! 

It’s called :   

 Cumul des mandats !! 

It «consists of holding several political offices at multiple levels of government...local, regional, and national levels: mayors of towns, deputies in the National Assembly, Senators, Members of the European Parliament, and President of the General Council in their home regions. ”

 

In addition to all this, you can also get paid for "special missions"!

 

Like Christine Boutin's mission on globalization. For which she receives 9500 euros PER MONTH! At that price, she must have some pretty interesting observations to share!

This is, of course, in addition to all her other salaries, perks and pensions (Yes, not only do elected officials have extremely advantageous pension benefits, they can mix and match them!)

  

The ex Minister of Housing and Urban Development made a name for herself for her harsh stance in dealing with the homeless and her extreme Papophilia.

But with economic crisis increasing calls for sacrifice and pension reform looming on the horizon, these advantages look, well, hypocritical and disgusting.

  

See this week's Economist "One Salary is Enough" "

French "...lawmakers get 40 return flights a year to their constituencies and free train travel, as well as pension benefits that accumulate twice as fast as those of civil servants. Most ministers get official lodgings. And no deputy has to give up another elected office to sit in the National Assembly. So parliamentarians can merrily collect salaries and pension rights from local and regional government at the same time."

And today's Figaro for more French pols oinking it up .

Nine Ministers are receiving multiple salaries! (Figaro)

A suivre...

Paris Writers News Flash: June 8 talk on Vehicules to Get Your Work Out at the American Library in Paris

Calendar of Events

Event 

Title:

WICE @ The Library - Writers on Writing: Vehicles to get your work seen

When:

Tue 08 June 2010 19h30

Where:

The American Library in Paris - Paris

Category:

@ The Library

Description

As a writer, it's easy to feel solitary. All alone at your desk in a dark corner of your small room. But there's power in people pushing you forward, which we all need sometimes - someone to ask, "What's holding you back? Why aren't you getting your work out there? Are you alone in this?"

From open mic night, guest editing and book publishing to blogs, the Nintendo DS, and social networking, this evening is about exploring the myriad of creative vehicles - including the pros and cons - to getting your work seen, be it fiction, non-fiction or poetry, and to getting you into the creative communities that make writing live.

About the panel (from left to right)

Heather Hartley is the author of Knock Knock and Paris Editor for Tin House magazine. Her essays and interviews have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including Food and Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast; and Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House. She curates Shakespeare & Company Bookshop's weekly reading series and teaches creative writing and poetry at the American University of Paris. In her spare time, she enjoys Neapolitan coffee, Dorothy Parker, cheesecake and writing up against a deadline.

Jennifer K Dick is the author of Fluorescence, Retina & Enclosures. Her prose, interviews, reviews, translations and poetry have appeared in more than 50 magazines & 8 anthologies. She has taught creative writing for Colorado State University, Oxbridge Summer Programs, École Polytechnique & WICE as well as coordinated an internship for Lesley University's MFA program. She earned her PhD and DEA at Paris III on the visual use of the page in poetry, has an MFA from Colorado State University, and a BA from Mount Holyoke. She was editor of Upstairs at Duroc literary magazine for 4 years & currently is on the poetry staff of VERSAL magazine (Amsterdam). In 2009 she edited a section for Cleaves (UK) & an guest-selected issue of RoToR (French) is forthcoming.

Laurel Zuckerman is the author of Sorbonne Confidential and Les Rêves Barbares du Professeur Collie. A dual national and HEC graduate, Laurel's wickedly humorous account of her attempt to pass an elite exam for English teachers caused an uproar in France. Her essays and interviews have appeared in Hommes et Commerces, Cahiers Pédagogiques, The Paris Times, Le Point, Le Monde, Le Monde de l'Education, The Guardian, The Times, as well as on France 24, TF1, RFI, and the BBC. She is working on a short story collection about Arizona and editing Paris Writers News.

Paris Writers News June 2010 Update!

 This month, news from Shakespeare and Co, the Paris Writers Workshop, Paul Schmidtberger, Dmitri Keramitas, Jerry Prillaman, Jena Osman, Rob Halpern & Frank Smith, Jennifer K. Dick, Heather Hartley,  Laurel Zuckerman, Joël Baqué, Nicole Mauro, Stephen Vincent, Suzanne Allen, Keri Walsh, Nicola Keegan, Dan Chiasson, Meghan O’Rourke, Alice Notley, Matt Thorne, Janet Skeslien Charles, Ann Mah

Dear writer friends, June is such a great month for events, readings, plays and workshops that I can only list a selection. For more complete information please see Jen Dick's list here and the Paris Writer Events sidebar.  (update in progress!)

Selected events !

 Friday 4th June 5-7 pm "The Best of Both Worlds: Combining French  and American Culture" Laurel Zuckerman (Sorbonne Confidential) and Elizabeth Bard (Lunch in  Paris: A love story with Recipes). Come join a friendly discussion over drinks. Café Etienne Marcel 75002

 Sunday 6th June 5-7 pm "How to find your own Mr. Big" Jamie Cat Callan  (French women don’t sleep alone) Café Etienne Marchel 75002

All this is part of the WHSmith reading series around the launch of Sex in the City 2 –Café Etienne Marcel, 32 rue Etienne Marcel 75002

 7 June  19h Double Change invites you to a bilingual reading with Jena Osman, Rob Halpern & Frank Smith. BIOS on :www.doublechange.org AT : Fumoir du China, 50, rue de Charenton, 75012 Paris, M° Ledru Rollin

 

8 June at 19h30 Ivy Writers bilingual reading with Joël Baqué, Nicole Mauro & Stephen Vincent. BIOS on http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com AT: Le Next (downstairs - au sous-sol) 17 rue Tiquetonne5002 Paris M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles.

 

 8 June 19h30 Authors and editors/publishers: Jennifer K. Dick, Heather Hartley & Laurel Zuckerman share experiences & thoughts on the topic of  “Writers on Writing: Vehicles to get your work seen”. AT: American Library 

9 June: 19h30  Robert Paxton,  presents In search of Vichy France: An American scholar's odyssey.American Libary 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma-Marceau. www.americanlibraryinparis.org

 

10 June : at 17h. Writers’ drop in: Come meet director of WICE’s creative writing dept, Suzanne Allen, make contacts and more! AT: Au Chien qui Fume, 33, rue du Pont Neuf, M°: Les Halles

 10 June : 19-21h Edith Kuntz, author of Fatal: How French Women Do it talks with Terrance Gelenter about the merits of middle-aged men (and where to find them). 20 euro fee.  At the Restaurant des Beaux Arts, Odeon For info and reservations, contact [email protected] 

13-20th June : 33rd Annual Festival Franco-Anglaise de la poésie. A series of readings, poetics discussions, art and music shows all week +  publication of La Traductière. 

 

14 June: from 8:30pm to LATE: SpokenWord! Share your work, see their blog at : http://spokenwordparis.blogspot.com/  AT: Cabaret Populaire/Culture Rapide, 103 rue Julien Lacroix Metro Belleville/Pyrénées 75020 Paris

 

15 June at 19h30 Bilingual Ivy Writers Paris reading with RACHEL BLAU DUPLESSIS and J-P AUXEMERY BIOS http://rachelblauduplessis.com & also:  http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/authors/duplessis and http://ivywritersparis.blogspot.com for more ! AT: Le Next (downstairs - au sous-sol) 17 rue Tiquetonne 75002 Paris M° Etienne Marcel / RER Les Halles.

 

 16 June at 19h30 : Keri Walsh presents “The Letters of Sylvia Beach” at the American Library in Paris. 10, rue Général Camou 75007, RER-M° Alma Marceau.www.americanlibraryinparis.org

 

 17th June 7:00 p.m. Nicola Keegan will present and sign her first novel "Swimming.", just published in French as NAGE LIBRE.  See interview with Nicola here. 
AT: WH Smith, 248, rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris M° Concorde

 

17-20 June : Annual Marché de la Poésie—hundreds (thousands ?) of readings, shows, workshops, booktables, signings and more for this Poetry Market year.  http://poesie.evous.fr/ or Download in PdF format the entire programme: http://poesie.evous.fr/spip.php?page=article&id_article=2703

 

18th - 20th June from 11am to 7pm: Shakespeare & Co’s 4^th bi-annual literary festival FESTIVAL AND CO Including : Martin Amis, Fatima Bhutto, Zena Edwards, Hanif Kureishi, Philip Pullman, Will Self, Jeanette Winterson, Yosuf Komunyakaa & many others… In the Square Réné Viviani, next to Shakespeare & Company (37 rue de la Bûcherie)

 

20 juin de 15 à 17h : TRILINGUAL Reading in English, Catalan & French with La Traductière: Claire Potter, Francesc Parcerisas, Jennifer K Dick, Denise Desautels, Bruno Doucey, Claude Held, Pierre Ouellet, et Patrick Williamson. AT : Café de la Mairie,  8, place Saint-Sulpice, Paris 6e, M° Saint-Sulpice.

  

28 June, 7pm Writers, poets and editors Dan Chiasson & Meghan O’Rourke. AT: Shakespeare & Co., 37rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5ème. M° St Michel. http://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/

 

PARIS WRITERS WORKSHOP JUNE 27 - JULY 2 (a few places may still be available in some workshops)

Paris Writers Workshop Lecture Series

The Paris Writers Workshop offers a series of special lectures about the practical and prosaic aspects of writing presented by well-know English-language writers. 

Presenters include: Gretel Furner, Ann Mah, Christine Buckley, Janet Charles Skeslien, Paul Schmidtberger, and Laurel Zuckerman.

The events are free to PWW participants and open to WICE members and the General Public; there is a 10 Euro fee for the lectures, readings are free. Books by the authors will be available at all the events.

Jun 28: The Novel and Globalization

Jun 29 Travel Writing

Jun 30: Nuts & Bolts: Taking Your Novel to the Market Place

Jun 30: Electronic Books: Opportunities and Pitfalls for Writers

 

 29 June at 7 pm: Paris Writers Workshop faculty members Alice Notley, American poet, and Matt Thorne, British novelist, will be reading from their latest works. AT: The Red Wheelbarrow, 22 rue Saint Paul, 75004, M° Saint Paul

 

Theatre and Play readings

4 et 5 juin à 19h30 Brokentalkers presents the sell-out hit of the 2009 Dublin Theatre Festival « Silver Stars » by Sean Millar. Free, in English. [email protected] to reserve. AT : Le Centre Culturel Irlandais, 5 rue des Irlandais, 75005 Paris. www.centreculturelirlandais.com, Tel: 01 58 52 10 30.

 

at Moving parts:

6 June 7:30 Jerry Prillaman (in English)

20 June Jeff Taylor "Papy Payne"  (en francais): www.movingparts.org.uk AT: Carr's Pub & Restaurant, 1 rue du Mont Thabor, 75001 Paris, M° Tuileries

 

 NEW PWN INTERVIEWS:

 Dmitri Keramitas talks with Paul Schmidtberger about writing, electronic media and fear in publishing.

Laurel Zuckerman talks with Elizabeth Bard about the BEST and the WORST of living in France.

Diane Johnson talks with Rosalia Gitau about Paris, her process and the pitfalls of the artistic life

Laurel Zuckerman talks with Ann M Mah about food, identity and humor in Kitchen Chinese

Margo Berdeshevsky talks with Rosalia Gitau about life, love and her new book, Beautiful Soon Enough

 Laurel Zuckermantalks with Frances Gendlin about memoir and travel writing, as well as Mexico as a writer’s refuge, Saul Bellow, new technologies and her book.:Paris, Moi and the Gang...A Memoir of Sorts

 

See also: 

Berna Huebner on the groundbreaking Alzheimer's film: I REMEMBER BETTER WHEN I PAINT narrated by Olivia DE HAVILLAND

Christopher Vanier on Caribbean Chemistry

Nicola Keegan on Swimming

Janet Skeslien Charles on Moonlight in Odessa