Thornton Wilder’s Desert Oasis
For the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Douglas, Arizona was a place to “refresh the wells” and drive into the sunset.
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Is Thornton Wilder God?
Who has nudged you lately, at your water cooler or watering hole, to ask: “Have you read Thornton Wilder’s prose masterpiece, The Bridge of San Luis Rey?”
The Turret Suite of Theophilus North
Jackson Bryer and other participants of the recent Thornton Wilder Conference visited the Turret Suite at the Castle Hill Inn mentioned
The Bridge and Hiroshima
The Nine Secret Cities of Newport, R.I.
The "Nine City" legend has its roots in Thornton Wilder's classic novel, Theophilus North, which was first published in 1973. Lace up your best sneakers. You're going to be padding around nine parallel worlds that are layered within this coastal town of only about 26,000 people.