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The Painting that Gave Bill Murray Hope

~ Peggy Haslar

While promoting his 2014 film St. Vincent, Bill Murray was asked what he thought his life would have been like had he "not discovered art and creativity." Murray replied by recounting an experience on stage early in his career in Chicago. His acting was so bad, he said, that he left feeling broken and defeated. … Continue reading The Painting that Gave Bill Murray Hope

American Exile and Return to Norway: Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset Part 3

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On the evening  of April 7, 1940, two days before the Nazis invaded Sigrid Undset's homeland, the Nobel prizewinner was in Oslo speaking at a meeting of the Norwegian Students' Association.  The guest of honor was Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day. Neither woman could have imagined that they'd  meet again, but two nights after the … Continue reading American Exile and Return to Norway: Fascinating Facts about Sigrid Undset Part 3