Alexander Dumas was one of the nineteenth-century’s pre-eminent novelists. While his masterpieces The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo remain well read and oft-adapted into the twenty-first century, not everyone knows about the man himself. Born on July 24, 1802, Dumas was the son of Thomas-Alexandre Dumas and Marie-Louise Elisabeth Labouret. His mother…
2024 Paris Olympics
Olympians assemble! Once again it is time for the biggest event in sports, the Summer Olympics.
Japanese Poetry
Japan has a long and rich tradition of poetry.
What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
Artificial Intelligence is a “branch of computer science that studies how to design systems to process information and perform tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence" (World Book, 2024.) This is a popular buzzword in conversations with friends, family, and coworkers, as well as something you might see/hear discussed on the news or your social…
Mary Pickford, the first queen of the movies
On June 24, 1916, film star Mary Pickford became the first movie actress to negotiate a million-dollar contract. Though often forgotten outside of film buff circles, Pickford was one of the most powerful figures in the early film industry, wielding an extraordinary amount of control over her career and enjoying a worldwide popularity rivaled by…
The Sushi Blog
Few foods have captivated Americans quite like sushi has. According to World Book Online, the origins of sushi date back to 2nd century AD China, where fish was packed with rice and salt for preservation. The rice and salt both helped to absorb moisture away from the fish, allowing it to be stored and edible for…
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Walker Percy’s Nonfiction
Walker Percy might be best known for his fiction, especially The Moviegoer, winner of the 1962 National Book Award. However, Walker Percy had his hand at nonfiction too, and was prolific in writing articles about southern society, psychology, and (most especially) semiotics. Semiotics is the study of signs. In the case of language, semiotics refers…
The Tchefuncte Culture
In 1938, the State of Louisiana began work on a new state park just outside of Mandeville on land that had once been the Fontainebleau Plantation. The state was planning on naming it the Tchefuncte State Park, although it was several miles from the Tchefuncte River, between the Castine and Cane bayous. An archeological team…
May 7, 1915 – The sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Aside from the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, the 1915 demise of the RMS Lusitania is arguably the most famous maritime disaster of the Edwardian era. A passenger ship carrying almost 2,000 occupants from New York City to Liverpool during the early part of World War I, the Lusitania was sunk by a German…
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