In the fall of 1907, she sought refuge from her problems in Carmel, living with Sterling and his wife Carrie. At midnight on November 13, 1907, Nora May French took cyanide and died. A poet of great promise, she was just twenty-six-years old.
This is an abbreviated version of the A Biographical Sketch of Nora May French by Pamela Herr
Bringing the Past to Light
For an exhibition at the Lummis Home in Los Angeles, we are printing Nora May French's poem A Place of Dreams on rocks in the Lummis Home garden. Suzanne Lummis, granddaughter of Charles Lummis and noted local poet, is writing her own poem as a conversation with French. We will also print an excerpt of her poem. In addition, we are printing photos and other materials on banners that will hang from a sycamore tree. This exhibit of temporary art installations takes place May 17 - June 14 at the Lummis Home.
--Suzanne Siegel
If your curious about the site design, it was inspired by the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. And in particular the image Mondrian's Composition (1930)
http://www.nora-may-french.org/
