Henry James was born in New York City into a wealthy, intellectually inclined family. His father, Henry James Sr., was interested in various religious and literary pursuits. In his youth, James... More > traveled with his family back and forth between Europe and America. He studied with tutors in Geneva, London, Paris, and Bonn. At the age of 19, he briefly and unsuccessfully attended Harvard Law School, but he much preferred reading and writing fiction to studying law.
EMBARRASSMENTS contains four of his stories:
The Figure in the Carpet
Glasses
The Next Time
The Way it Came< Less
Henry James was born in New York City into a wealthy, intellectually inclined family. His father, Henry James Sr., was interested in various religious and literary pursuits. In his youth, James... More > traveled with his family back and forth between Europe and America. He studied with tutors in Geneva, London, Paris, and Bonn. At the age of 19, he briefly and unsuccessfully attended Harvard Law School, but he much preferred reading and writing fiction to studying law.
EMBARRASSMENTS contains four of his stories:
The Figure in the Carpet
Glasses
The Next Time
The Way it Came< Less
If you ever attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois between 1955 and the present, then you have at least heard of the infamous secret society called THE BLACK KNIGHTS OF THE... More > EMBARRASS. The book, The Black Knights of the Embarrass is a fictional novel based on truths and facts about the secret society that was established at Eastern Illinois University back in the 1950's in Charleston, Illinois. Although written fictionally as a novel to protect the innocent, it tells what went on and why the organiztion started and what they did and did not do. The book was written by one of the original Black Knights who was there in the very beginning, so the story is coming from the horses mouth. This book is quickly to become history because most of the original Knights are now in their middle seventies if not older.< Less
If you ever attended Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois between 1955 and the present, then you have at least heard of the infamous secret society called THE BLACK KNIGHTS OF THE... More > EMBARRASS. The book, The Black Knights of the Embarrass is a fictional novel based on truths and facts about the secret society that was established at Eastern Illinois University back in the 1950's in Charleston, Illinois. Although written fictionally as a novel to protect the innocent, it tells what went on and why the organiztion started and what they did and did not do. The book was written by one of the original Black Knights who was there in the very beginning, so the story is coming from the horses mouth. This book is quickly to become history because most of the original Knights are now in their middle seventies if not older.< Less
The poet of our time, Jennifer Gratz, writes yet another of her MANY intriguing poems at lulu.com, this one being about not caring what other people think, dressing "outside the box".
