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Blaxpat Author in FranceA Blog of Idiosyncratic observations from a Riviera expat author who paints.
Foreign Tongues and Chocolate TartesBook Reviews of Black American authors abroad
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Fiction/Humor/Romance
Selected by the Literary Guild, Selected by the Doubleday Book Club
Fiction/Satire
An eccentric assortment of Americans search for "Mr. Right" on the French Riviera.
Humor/Satire
A hilarious account of romantic reunions and career ambitions which culminate in cult suicide. |
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February 22, 2012
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barbara chase ribaud, black women writiers in france, black women artists in france, women artists in europe, americans in france, expat blogs
author/artist, Barbara Chase Ribaud
“ too muh love like too much rain begets large and bloody pools of discontent. I see my winter marked in your eyes. Whoever told you I was perfection?” excerpt from Valide by Barbara Chase Ribaud
February 13, 2012
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whitney houston, delorys welch tyson, famous entertainers, black american entetainers
Whitney Houston August 9, 1963-February 11, 2012
Goodbye Whitney. Your music will live in my heart forever.
We miss you.
January 30, 2012
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french elections 2012, sarkowzy, royale, hollande, delorys welch tyson, Ladyfingers: a novel, expat blogs
Who are deeze guys?
Sometimes, I feel a little queezie. Especially on days when I allow my self to contemplate too profoundly on my life, here, in France. I start wondering what will become of us (my husband and I) since we have placed our destiny in the hands of these people:
Nevertheless, each time I slip into (more…)
January 11, 2012
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Mitt Romney, republican primary, condoleezza rice, republican running mate, delorys welch tyson, angela mcglowan
(google image)Condoleezza Rice
Regardless of who wins in the Republican primary, I wonder what kind of curve-ball reaction there would be if he would chose either Condoleezza Rice or some one like Angela McGlowan as a running mate?
No…I’m not a devil’s advocate. I just found 2011 quite dull!
December 30, 2011
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jewish holidays, kwanza, menorah, kinara, delorys welch tyson, gingersnaps:a novel, black expat blogs, expat blogs
Menorah
Charles Caleb Colton (1782-1832) was an English cleric, author and art collector who was also well known for his eccentricities. The quote, “Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” has been attributed to this gentleman.
The menorah is described in the Bible as the seven-branched ancient lampstand made of gold and used in the (more…)
December 21, 2011
Blackgammon, by Heather Neff
Recently, I read a book review by a blogger who lives, as I do also, in the South of France. She gave me permission to share this review of the novel BLACKGAMMON by Heather Neff with the readers of my blog.
Here it is:
TWO FRIENDS AND A TALE OF TWO COUNTRIES: a (more…)
December 13, 2011
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the cosby show, susan fales hill, racism in america, mixed race families
I was on a transatlantic flight not long ago, where I decided to watch a re-run of The Bill Cosby Show.
Although decades had passed, I clearly recalled the controversy it elicited throughout the nation…particularly among it’s black population. There had been outraged cries of “Blacks don’t live like that!”, “
"This (more…)
November 15, 2011
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the american dream, the american middleclass, occupy wall street movement, foreclosure, poverty
Let me pick up where I left off…
Now, when there are two paychecks in a household a family unit might develop an erroneously inflated sense of economic worth. Suddenly the family finds that they are paying outrageous prices for small, often unnecessary things. The traffic suddenly decides to bear surrealist prices for flotsam (more…)
November 13, 2011
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foreclosures, occupy wall street movement, occupy america movement, american middle class, expat blogs, black women in europe.
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Recently I received a letter from a male friend in response to a blog I wrote concerning the precarious situation in regard to the precarious state of the European Union. My friend, a native New Yorker, is an educator, activist and Fulbright scholar and has for decades lived on the West Coast. Here is (more…)
November 8, 2011
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expat blogs, making friends abroad, advice for foreign travellors, frienship, love, Larry flint
Some have said that, as a foreigner, it's difficult making friends abroad. This is what I tell them:
"The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, (more…)
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