Observations from . . . May 2026
A summary of the May posts from the MORE TO COME newsletter.
Month: May 2026
Navigating small town dynamics
An early work in the Maigret series leads the reader to consider the human condition in all its shades.
With one foot in fiction and the other in memoir
Annie Ernaux has produced “a deceptively simple book and a profoundly disarming one.”
Medinas, mosques, masterpieces . . . Morocco (Part 2)
More remembrances of a recent week in Morocco while traveling with National Trust Tours.
Declaring our independence
How a declaration in 1776 became the genre-defining document that changed the world.
Medinas, mosques, masterpieces . . . Morocco (Part 1)
Remembrances of a recent week in Morocco while traveling with National Trust Tours.
The impossible sister
Beverly Cleary and Politics & Prose: Two classics!
Courage
An uneven yet ultimately useful look at how we learn to be brave by Bishop Mariann Budde.
Keeping memory alive
The Alhambra unveils overlapping lives and histories which breathe life into an intercultural dialogue.
A mentor turns 100
Celebrating the indefatigable Liz Lyon on her 100th birthday!
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