Description
The Black Expatriate Experience in 1920s Paris
During the 1920s, black American artists of all disciplines spent time in Paris as part of the larger expatriate community. Though they are rarely mentioned as part of the “Lost Generation,” they put the “jazz” in the Jazz Age and contributed significantly to the Golden Age of modern American art and literature.
Collecting Robertson Davies
Canadian Robertson Davies was a writer who packed into his books the authentic experiences of a life deeply lived. Actor and playwright, he had a lifelong passion for the theatre; he was the editor of a metropolitan newspaper and, as Master of Massey College in Toronto, he served both as professor and administrator.
Books into Film
2001: A Space Odyssey, a novel by Arthur C. Clarke, a film by Stanley Kubrick