Tag Archives: Joseph Cornell

Saint-Exupéry’s Little Prince

Posted on May 14, 2026 by Art for Housewives

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) was born into an aristocratic family from Lyon. His dad died of a stroke when Saint-Exupéry was only four leaving his family in economic difficulty. While in his late teens, Saint-Exupéry failed the exams at the … Continue reading →

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Eudora Welty (1909-2001)

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Art for Housewives

Even though the fan was going full blast, I was suffocating. It was a night in June of 1963 and I was in Jackson visiting my friend Eudora. There’d been much tension in town due to the demonstrations. Nerves were … Continue reading →