The Long-tailed Imagination: Dr. Seuss—in His Own Words
I met Dr. Seuss while I was living in New Zealand, and he had come to the country to go trout fishing at Lake Taupo in the North Island. As…
The Things We Hold Dear
KQED Perspectives: Maxine Rose Schur shares about what it means to hold on to precious items from family members who have passed away. I’ve been wondering why I love certain…
The Garbage Men
KQED Perspectives: Maxine Rose Schur reminisces about the sanitation workers in her neighborhood when she was growing up. Monday was garbage day. So as not to miss the fun, when…
Brittany: France’s Best Kept Secret
Brittany: It is a permanent impressionist exhibition here; you only have to put your nose outside the door when the weather is fine: it’s Monet all over: violet overalls, green…
The Astonishing Art of Dionisio Blanco
The splendid variety and quality of artists in the Dominican Republic is often a surprise to the visitor, unaware of the island’s rich cultural heritage. In 1992, I was one…
The Fog In My Head
KQED Perspectives: When Maxine Rose Schur needs to clear her mind she heads straight for the foggiest part of San Francisco – the Sunset District. Where I live, in Marin…
There She Goes
There She Goes: Travel Stories Told By the Women Who Wrote Them: Today we travel with Maxine Rose Schur to Iran, where she finds unexpected warmth, comfort – and trust…
A Children’s Book Character Can Have Life-Changing Influence
When I was five years old, soon after I started kindergarten, I got rheumatic fever. The disease left me weak and crippled. I was unable to walk for a year.…
Adnan’s Secret
High in the pine-covered mountains of southern Turkey, there lie the ruins of the only city Alexander the Great could not conquer. Termessos is its name. In January, when the…
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