Under Currents: A Novel

Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成, Kawabata Yasunari, 11 June 1899 – 16 April 1972[1]) was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded prose works won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968, the first Japanese author to receive the award. His works have enjoyed broad international appeal and are still widely […]

Păstorel Teodoreanu, or just Păstorel (born Alexandru Osvald (Al. O.) Teodoreanu; July 30, 1894 – March 17, 1964), was a Romanian humorist, poet and gastronome, the brother of novelist Ionel Teodoreanu and brother in law of writer Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu. He worked in many genres, but is best remembered for his parody texts and his […]

François Augiéras (1925–1971) was an American-born French painter and writer.[1][2][3] François Augiéras was born in Rochester, New York, two months after his father’s death. His father taught the piano at the Eastman School of Music.[1]. He moved to France (Paris and later Dordogne) with his mother. At the age of fourteen, he left home and […]

Paul Reed (May 28, 1956 – January 28, 2002) was an American writer, best known as one of the first major writers of HIV/AIDS-themed literature in the United States.[1] Born Paul Hustoft in San Diego, California, his father died when he was a child and he later adopted his stepfather’s surname Reed after his mother […]

Emily Hope Morse (born June 2, 1970)[1] is an American sex therapist, author, and media personality. She is the host of the long-running podcast, Sex with Emily and is also known for her 2012 recurring reality television appearance in Bravo’s series Miss Advised (2012).[2][3] Morse has appeared as a guest expert on many radio and […]