ARLETTE ANNEVILLE – JOHN GOODWIN Commentary © James A. Harrod, COPYRIGHT PROTECTED; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The seventh installment of short stories published in Sindbad Vail’s POINTS SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY has been added to the primary entry for the anthology, the fourth entry for July 2012 in the blog archive. Arlette Anneville’s THE GENTLEMAN […]
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SINDBAD VAIL’S PARIS
PARIS, THEN AND NOW Commentary © James A. Harrod, Copyright Protected; All Rights Reserved. The Paris of Sindbad Vail is captured in these vintage post cards that date from the late 1940s and early 1950s. La Basilique du Sacre-Cœur de Montmartre © GREFF, S. E. R. P. Two Views La Basilique du Sacre-Cœur de Montmartre […]
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merlin The literary landscape of Paris shifted considerably with the arrival of The Paris Review and merlin. POINTS had been a “no frills” endeavor by Sindbad Vail, gathering short stories submissions that he liked and taking them to the printer when he had enough to fill out the designated pages of each issue. Elements of […]
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ENGLISH BOOKSHOPS IN PARIS Commentary © James A. Harrod, COPYRIGHT PROTECTED; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED If Sylvia Beach did not invent “The English Bookshop” in Paris when she opened SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY at 8, rue Dupuytren in the 1920s, the reputation that her shop would acquire during its lifetime would bestow that honor on Miss Beach. SHAKESPEARE […]
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ZERO ALBERT BENVENISTE THEMISTOCLES HOETIS The front cover by John Goodwin. The front flap showing the address on Rue Jacob. The back flap with prices in French francs and American dollars. A personal inscription from an unknown previous owner. Although James Campbell states that the first issue of ZERO was published in the […]
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