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Panodyssey: A 21st Century Culture Salon

Panodyssey: A 21st Century Culture Salon

Published May 7, 2020 Updated May 7, 2020 Culture
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Panodyssey: A 21st Century Culture Salon

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Panodyssey: A 21st century international culture salon

By Claudia Moscovici

When I started a Twitter account several years ago, it wasn’t difficult to find the phrase that best captures me: “Born in the wrong century, a would-be salonnière.” Ever since college, when I first learned about Marquise de Rambouillet–the refined hostess who led the most talented artists and writers of her day in scintillating intellectual discussions in the elegant alcove of her drawing room–I knew that I had missed my opportunity and true calling in life. Sure, women may be able to be and do whatever they want today. Society is less sexist, more democratic. But in an era when entertainment news outdoes even socio-political news in popularity and readership, what hope is there for placing art, literature

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