As a child, Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was poor and forced to work for a living as a tailor’s apprentice. He suffered a lifelong unrequited love for opera singer Jenny Lind. His “fairy tales” are full of orphaned, abandoned, children, inanimate objects that suffer human emotions, and allegorical figures—the Ugly Duckling, the Little Mermaid—who speak […]
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
MY HAPPY NEW YEAR LOVE LETTER TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
January 1, 2015, marked twenty-five years to the day since I moved to Los Angeles. This week, with best wishes to all and deep gratitude to The Tidings for having me, I offer this love letter to my adopted city. I grew up in New Hampshire, and in all my most vivid childhood memories, I […]