Fitzgerald and Maxwell, from the archives
Alert readers will know that two mid-Illinois writers, translator and poet Robert S. Fitzgerald and Lincoln novelists and editor William Maxwell, have been much talked about in these pages over the years. I essayed a piece about Fitzgerald’s boyhood in the capital (“All is not well forever”) in 2009 and in 2012 the late Rich…
Inspiring, Gorgeous, Funny “Moana” One of Disney’s Best
When you have a formula that works, you don’t tinker with it. Kentucky Fried Chicken knows this, Mercedes-Benz knows this and Disney knows this. It would be hard to calculate just how many billions the corporation has earned on its princess movies and the ancillary products it sells because of them. The youngsters these films…
Krohe khronicles
In “As the crow is bent” (perhaps my worst title ever), I explored the ramifications of my unusual surname. Unusual, that is, outside Cass County and environs. My father, on his travels around the country, would study local phone books in search of other Krohes and found none. I understand the name is uncommon in Germany…
