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The Post-Presidential Havel
In September 2010, I spent a good deal of time in Prague visiting places associated with Czech playwright, dissident and President Václav Havel – who would have been 90 today. Indeed, I was fortunate enough to see Havel up close on this visit as I had coffee in the tiny café
Defending The Academy of Natural Sciences Against Drexel
It is a rainy blustery Sunday in Philadelphia, and one hopes that is not the last one in the centuries of The Academy of Natural Sciences' public-facing story. But the lack of an immediate YES to the William Penn Foundation's extraordinary offer of support to keep
Paul Burch: Underground Nashville and Imagining Jimmie Rodgers
My latest post on ZONA MOTEL is a conversation with Nashville-based songwriter Paul Burch about the town where he lives and works, as well as his 2016 record, MERIDIAN RISING, and a novel of the same name that he published with the University of Georgia press. Both versions of
Victor Serge: Art and Life
Last week, I published a review of Unruly Revolutionary – Mitchell Abidor's recent biography of Victor Serge – at Zona Motel. The explosion of interest in Serge's writing over the past 30 years has cried out for a comprehensive biography. Spoiler: My conclusion is that this isn'