Mysteries of France
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I grew up in Arizona and now live near Paris.
After twenty-five years here, I am interested in really understanding France. I write about French education, ecology, health care, food, parenting, writing. I am also keen on writing and publish a newsletter for English language writers in France called Paris Writers News.
Two of my books have been published, "Sorbonne Confidential" (about my disastrous attempt to become an English teacher) and "Les Rêves Barbares du Professeur Collie" (a novel which asks the questions "can you love your job too much?" and "where does history come from?"). Both were published in French by Fayard.
My favorite literary hero is Moses Herzog, who writes letters he never sends, often to dead people
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What if your moment came- and you didn't know what to...
Posted on 13/05/2013
François Hollande was elected to the French presidency on the flamby promise to close his eyes and plug his ears and yell ee eee ee eee eee eee eee until the Dragon of Reality got...
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Literary Events, Readings and New Books in Paris May 2013
Posted on 12/05/2013
This month, news from Peter Gumbel, Barry Kirwan, Nancy Kricorian, Roderick d'Entrac, Cathy Altman Nocquet, Douglas Kennedy, Nathalie Bassand, Edward Rutherfurd, Ann Saul, Rupert...
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Free Download Kindle ebook today only
Posted on 04/05/2013
Today only, bestselling book on France, Sorbonne Confidential, will be available for free download worldwide on Amazon kindle ebooks. Must read for anyone planning to work, teach, learn or...
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Jennie Fields, author of The Age of Desire, talks with Anne...
Posted on 18/04/2013
Jennie Fields, author of "The Age of Desire", talks with Anne Korkeakivi, author of "An Unexpected Guest", about Paris, women in publishing, and the challenges of making...
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How to ensure that young people hate and fear poetry -...
Posted on 18/04/2013
How to ensure kids loathe poetry and will never attempt to write another line? It's easy. A private French middle school shows us how in four easy steps.
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Terrific literary events in Paris this month! Paris Writers...
Posted on 01/04/2013
Literary events, calls for submissions, workshops, and new books from Paris Writers : April 2013 update: This month, news from Tatiana de Rosnay, Adam Biles, Charles Glass, Jennifer K Dick,...
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Digital Currency: ten years before Bitcoin, Neal...
Posted on 30/03/2013
Since the Cyprus crisis, download of Bitcoin apps has exploded. What is a digital currency? Ten years before Bicoin was invented, Neal Stephenson gives us a foretaste in Cryptonomicon.
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An Angiogram that costs 2430 USD in the USA costs only 264...
Posted on 29/03/2013
Health care costs three to ten times more in the USA than in France. Angiograms, routine office visits, angioplasty, bypass surgery - the list goes on and on. Ezra Klein summarizes health...
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Jessica McCann, author of All Different Kinds of Free, on...
Posted on 21/03/2013
Winner of the Freedom in Fiction Prize with nearly 100 five star reviews on Amazon, All Different Kinds of Free is Jessica McCann's debut novel. A Paris Writers News interview.
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Happy to be back in Paris!
Posted on 17/03/2013
Paris may be cold and gray, but it seduces with terrific literary events, efficient mass transit, and chickens so fresh they're scary.
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