Essay II: Freud’s Dream Castle by the Sea by Robert Lippman

By Tamar SchwartzApril 29, 2019April 29, 2019 History, Literature, Psychoanalysis

“A short but enjoyable Easter trip…was still in my memory.”

Click Here to Read: Essay II: Freud’s Dream Castle by the Sea from The Unknown Freud, Five Plays and Five Essays by Robert L. Lippman.

Click Here to Purchase: The Unknown Freud: Five Plays and Five Essays by Robert L. Lippman from IPBooks

Coming Soon: Two Graphic Novels by Sarah Boxer

By Tamar SchwartzApril 27, 2019April 29, 2019 Books, Literature, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read about and PreOrder: Mother May I? by Sarah Boxer from IPBooks.

Click Here to Read about and PreOrder: In the Floyd Archives by Sarah Boxer from IPbooks.

What is the In the Floyd Archives ? In the Floyd Archives is a graphic novel, drawn and written by Sarah Boxer, lightly based on Freud’s famous case histories – the Wolf Man, the Rat Man, Dora and Little Hans. The psychoanalyst, Dr. Floyd, is a bird. Continue reading Coming Soon: Two Graphic Novels by Sarah Boxer

The stagnation of American poetry

By Tamar SchwartzApril 21, 2019April 21, 2019 Literature

Click Here to Read: The stagnation of American poetry: The Best American Poetry 2018 By James McDonald on the World Socialist Web Site on April 20, 2019.

Notre Dame cathedral in Paris inspired three of the world’s most influential writers

By Tamar SchwartzApril 19, 2019April 19, 2019 Literature, Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Notre Dame cathedral in Paris inspired three of the world’s most influential writers By Ephrat Livni on the Quartz website on April 15, 2019.’

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris vue depuis le sud-est. Photo: Skouame. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Did William Shakepeare write those plays?

By Tamar SchwartzApril 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Literature

Click Here to Read: Did William Shakepeare write those plays? by Lynne Mortimer on the Eastern Daily Press Website on April 17, 2019.

The Flower portrait of William Shakespeare. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Ingmar Bergman, Novelist

By Tamar SchwartzApril 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Literature

Click Here to Read: Ingmar Bergman, Novelist by Daniel Mendelsohn in the New York Review of Books in the APRIL 18, 2019 Issue.

POETRY MONDAY: April 1, 2019

By Tamar SchwartzApril 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Literature

Well, here we are in the strangely appearing and disappearing spring we have here in the Northeastern U.S. No leaves or even buds yet, but the sun is shining today. And here I am, at the beginning of Poetry Month, with my usual exhortation.

Exhortation, you say? Yes, I say. Keep poetry alive!

But how? So many ways, and I will now tell you exactly what to do.

Step away from your desk. Throw open the door and go to your nearest book store – preferably an independent one, but if you are not lucky Continue reading POETRY MONDAY: April 1, 2019