The World at the End of a Line
My new article on my grandfather John Dos Passos’s love of the sea, “The World at the End of a Line,” is published online (and soon, in print) at The […]
Ponta do Sol
The JDP Cultural Center and Villa Dos Passos are in Ponta do Sol, Madeira, a small town. The name of the town means “Point of the Sun,” and the sun […]
Discovering Madeira
My discovery of Madeira taught me something. There are three things that really jump-start self-actualization. Falling in love with a soulmate. Finding a calling or vocation that feeds the soul, […]
A Time for Portuguese
In June of last year, the John Dos Passos Society convened in Lisbon. I knew almost nothing about Portuguese history and language. I knew I had a great opportunity, however, […]
Breaking: John Dos Passos Society Conference 2018
Third Biennial John Dos Passos Society Conference (June 20-22, 2018, Lisbon, Portugal) Abstract Submission Deadline: January 31, 2018 Graduate students wishing to be considered for supplemental travel funding must submit […]
Dos Passos On the Move
Currently reading Miguel Oliveira‘s 2013 book, From a Man without a Country to an American by Choice: John Dos Passos and Migration. Critical family history. Reading one’s ancestry is a […]