Gemma Hardy vs. Jane Eyre

By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse Margot Livesey’s novel, The Flight of Gemma Hardy, is a bold and brave new adaption of [...]

Movie Review: On the Road

By Wes Newbury A brief reflection on literature, and an even briefer one on the movie, On the Road. Jack Kerouac’s On [...]

Book Review: The Casual Vacancy

J.K. Rowling hit literary (and literal) gold when she wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The series made her [...]

Dennis Lehane’s Live by Night: Island of Misfits

By Wes Newbury “As far as the writer as an outlaw,” said Dennis Lehane in his Literary Traveler interview,  “we are [...]

Murder She Wrote: Reviewing “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn

By Katy Kelleher Books, like all other products we consume, are subject to trends. What was popular mere months ago [...]

Bring It To The Beach: Oryx and Crake

by Katy Kelleher Even though I don’t like to call books “beach reads,” I do understand the appeal of the [...]

Southern Gothic With A Magical Twist: Swamplandia!

By Katy Kelleher Set in the sparsely inhabited swamps of the Florida Everglades, Karen Russell’s Swamplandia! is gorgeous entry into [...]

Review of When Wanderer’s Cease to Roam by Virginia Swift

As travelers, there’s nothing more exciting than the moment of departure. Nothing compares to that moment when the wheels of [...]

Book Review of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World by John Baxter

A reader could be forgiven if, just a few chapters into The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, he or she [...]

Best Books of 2011 Curated by Literary Traveler

There are a heck of a lot of “Best of 2011″ lists coming out this week. There’s the best music, [...]