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Literary Traveler Special Features
Articles on various writers including Louisa May Alcott, Graham Greene, May Sarton and others.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Author: Majory Stoneman Douglas
Marjory Stoneman Douglas became known during her lifetime, all one hundred eight years of it, as the Everglades' patron saint, primarily because of her 1947 book The Everglades: River of Grass. The book, one of The Rivers of America Series, continues to be in print, selling more than 10,000 copies a year.
Posted on Sat, Jul 01, 2000
A Literary Journey to Fireland - Tierra del Fuego
Author: E. Lucas Bridges
Now that virtually every inch of the planet has been charted and tamed, some part of our collective psyche has become bored. Witness the explosive growth of the "adventure tourism" industry.
Posted on Mon, May 01, 2000
Permanence and May Sarton
Author: May Sarton
One of May Sarton's most haunting poems is "Because What I Want Most is Permanence." For many years, this poem was taped above my typewriter and later, my computer. As I was fortunate enough to know May Sarton for the last seven years of her life, I interpret this poem in two ways: she wanted permanence in her friendships, some of which spanned six decades, and she wanted permanence in her homes.
Posted on Sun, Aug 01, 1999
Remembering the Alcotts
Author: Louisa May Alcott
The New England landscape and communities that Louisa May Alcott both cherished and used as inspiration for her writing have changed drastically in the intervening years. Today, two museums remain dedicated to exploring and explaining the lives of the Alcott family: The Fruitlands and Orchard House.
Posted on Thu, Jul 01, 1999
Vermont for Readers
Vermont is a splendid place in which to read. The state abounds with writers and bookstores. We are close to nature and the land; we have long winters; we have the isolation and the time to create. Many famous writers have lived here: Pulitzer Prize-winning novelists Wallace Stegner and E. Annie Proulx; poet Robert Frost; novelist and autobiographer Jamaica Kincaid; Nobel Prize-winning novelist Pearl Buck; Rudyard Kipling; and poet and translator Galway Kinnell, among them.
Posted on Tue, Jun 01, 1999
Graham Greene's Vietnam - The Quiet American
Author: Graham Greene
The Quiet American by Graham Greene ought to be required reading for anyone planning a visit to Vietnam. For more than forty years, this prophetic portrait of the failing days of French colonial rule has been alternately praised and reviled by critics, but still stands as the definitive, though fictionalized account of the terrible confrontation between moral dissipation and dangerous naivete that plagued this tropical nation for so many decades. Vietnam has come a long way from those troubled times.
Posted on Mon, Mar 01, 1999
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