Indies / Gulf islands / Santa Cruz / South Seas / Mount Pelée / Gulf of Mexico / Grande Isle / /
Organization
Cyclopean / Tulane University / /
Person
Christopher Benfey / Brad Leithauser / George Gould / George Washington / Conchita / Prosper Mérimée / Elizabeth Bisland / Pierre Loti / William Lawless / Harriet Beecher Stowe / Jonathan Cott / Emily Dickinson / Wilbur Mineray / George Washington Cable / Masaki Kobayashi / Guy de Maupassant / Rich Kelley / Edgar Degas / Mattie Foley / Edith Wharton / S. Frederick Starr / Winslow Homer / Kate Chopin / Jean Montanet / Martin Johnson Heade / Benito Cereno / Henry James / Ezra Pound / Guy Davenport / Henry Adams / Henry Krehbiel / Louis Armstrong / Gautier / /
Position
hardworking journalist / Consul / historian / political writer / apprentice reporter / novelist and writer / editor / translator / music critic / Harper / artist / essayist / fiction writer / correspondent / journalist / writer / wonderful architect / /
ProvinceOrState
Indiana / Kentucky / /
PublishedMedium
The New York Times / /
Region
Gulf of Mexico / French West Indies / Caribbean / /
The Library of America interviews Christopher Benfey about Lafcadio Hearn In connection with the publication in March 2009 of Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings, edited by Christopher Benfey, Rich Kelley conducted this ex