On today's show, we start our series featuring vignettes by Leona Francombe. Leona is a pianist and author who was born in England and grew up in the States. She obtained a BA magna cum laude in Russan and music from Bryn Mawr College, and a Master's from Yale School of Music. She was invited to Brussels in 1987 by the European Cultural Foundation to create an East/West chamber music ensemble. Irresistibly drawn to Europe, she has lived in Brussels, Belgium, ever since. Most of her essays and short stories, as well as her two novels, are inspired by European themes and moods.
Leona's work has appeared in Writer's Forum, Symphony Magazine, The Brussels Bulletin, Humanities Magazine, amongst others. Her first novel, music of the Mists, was a semi-finalist in the 2008 Amazon Novel Competition. (To check out a CD by Leona Francombe, click here.)
Check out Leona's pieces below!
- Old Stones at Twilight: July 12th show, Dracula's Guest
- God in Translation: August 16th 2010 show, Roman Catholic Woman Priest
- A Walk Through Herge's Brussels: August 19th 2010 show, The Adventures of Tintin
- On Homesickness and Sausages: September 10th2010 show, Breaking Bread with Immigrants
- Mother Tongue: October 4th show 2010, Andrei Codrescu
- A Taste of Autumn: November 19th show 2010, Cooking Game
- A Snowflake through Time: December 23rd show 2010, Lincoln and Whitman
- A Joyful Noise: May 3rd show 2011, The Ride of Your Life
- Coffee, molto adagio: June 9th show 2011,
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2 comments:
It's great to hear you on the radio. I look forward to listening to many more of your vignettes.
Ruth said...
I was able to access the first nine vignettes and at one sitting read all of them. My hat is off to Leona Francombe---her essays are beatifully written, so interesting, varied and thoughtful.
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