Letter writer. Travel lover. Lover of beautiful things.
"The world, she thought, is certainly full of beautiful things..."
Travel lover. Lover of old books, art, antiques, museums, flea markets, and libraries. Lover of beautiful things.
Excerpts and writing guidance from my family memoir about my father Earle Olsen's art career, especially in 1950s New York City. Plus other thoughts and tips on life, writing, life-writing, and the writing life....
A glimpse of distant horizons via "beautifully crafted essays and observations" covering literature, memoir, and faraway cities from a recovering cultural bureaucrat joining up the dots of an international life.
My biography of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, Literature for the People, is out now. I mostly write about books, authors and history, late 19th and early 20th century. Think Persephone and Virago?
Seasons of Story is an online literary journal and community, devoted to books, art, creativity and seasonal delights. Welcome!