As an elementary visual-art teacher, I discovered some years ago that concentric circles can offer young students an instant success in creating attractive designs. Concentric circles are circles that have a common center, like the waves that occur when a rock is thrown...

Esther Elizabeth Bell was the flower lady of Muskego Ave. for more than 50 years. Bell died from Alzheimer's disease Friday at St. Mary's Hospital. She was 83. "She was an institution in the neighborhood," said her daughter-in-law, Jeannette Bell, who is...

In the following essay, Lucey examines Genet's approach to fantasy in his perception of sexual identity as it appears in his literary works, particulary Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs.

In the following essay, Flieger examines the sense of “criminal gaiety” in Notre-Dame-des-Fleurs.

From the very beginning, Genet has been preoccupied with flower imagery and flower symbolism. The two titles, Notre Dame des Fleurs and Miracle de la Rose, plus the abundance of flower references in all of Genet's works give ample evidence of his interest in, and knowledge of flower symbolism…. [There is] a relationship (in Genet's mind) between flowers, crime, and solitude. (pp. 87-8) An accumulation of the references to lilacs in Haute Surveillance reveals a tally of sixteen "l...