Jim Levy will be publishing Chekhov’s Mistress in June. It consists of 26 essays about 19th and 20th century writers. Jim Levy CdeP 1958
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Jim Levy ’58
Jim has published three new books: a memoir with his partner Phaedra Greenwood, called Those Were the Days: Life and Love in 1970s New Mexico; Seen From A Distance, poems from 2017-18; and Of All the Stars, the Evening Star: Real and Fictional Latin Women Poets. Jim Levy CdeP 1958 Jim’s books on Amazon
Jim Levy ’58
Jim Levy has a new book of poetry called Monet’s Eyes, to be published by Cedar Forge Press in June. The book contains monologues by or about Rilke, Hart Crane, Elizabeth Bishop, Handel, the bluesman Robert Johnson, and other artists, as well as by a Gnostic priest, an Epicurean, and a Cynic. Jim Levy CdeP […]
Jim Levy ’58
Jim reports that he has published two books this year, Rowdy’s Boy, a memoir about his childhood and youth that includes a chapter about his four years at Thacher, and Mar Egeo, a book of memoirs and fiction about his travels in Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Mexico, Belize and other places. All of […]
William Strong ’58
Will and Linda celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3, 2017. Their daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth, hosted a celebration of dinner and dancing in their honor at The Ballantyne Hotel, Charlotte. They also took a trip to South America in October, 2016. Will, an army veteran, is retired from a 40-year international business career […]
William Strong ’58
While I never met Marvin Shagam, I am certainly aware of his reputation as one of the great luminaries in the CdeP skies. There are, however, other luminaries in the night skies over Thacher; since I fear they have been fading from memory for many of us, I wish to remind and recharge the brightness […]
Jim Levy ’58
After a lifetime of resisting the hassle of publishing, I have got the bug. I just published Joy To Come, literary and cultural essays. Two people inspired my love of literature when I was a teen: my mother and David Lavender. Jim Levy CdeP 1958
Jim Levy ’58
I recently published The Poems of Caius Herennius Felix, a fictional account of a first century Roman-Spanish poet, which includes 83 of his poems. Mr. Vosburg would be proud. Jim Levy CdeP 1958
William Strong ’58
My wife (Canadian, but now US citizen) is one of those people who is constantly in motion. I will say this little bump in the road (described below) temporarily slowed her down—but the moment she found out she had an acoustic neuroma on her acoustic nerve, she immediately went to work to research the best […]
Hasim Erim ’58
After my year at Thacher (1958), I studied Civil Engineering in Istanbul getting a B.S. and got M.E. from Yale in 1963. I worked as a Civil Engineer throughout then and built in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Now I am semi-retired, but still go to our office every day. With my wife Cigdem, we live […]