One’s Self and the Other: NYC and The History of Love

I was standing alone in the Buhre Avenue station, waiting for the number six train to arrive and bring me downtown, where I would attend a going-away party for friends who would not be coming back, mourning a loss that had not yet occurred.

Queen Mary 2 Interview with Author Joanne Harris

Interview by Jennifer Ciotta; Introduction by Carly Cassano It was a pleasure for Literary Traveler founder, Francis McGovern, and editor-at-large, [...]

Queen Mary 2 Interview with Author Bill Bryson

Interview by Francis McGovern; Introduction by Carly Cassano It was a pleasure for Literary Traveler founder, Francis McGovern, and editor-at-large, [...]

Mad Men, Creating a Perfect World on the Avenue of Dreams

by Paul Millward Advertising is based on one thing: Happiness. It’s the smell of a new car. It’s freedom, from [...]

Holden Caulfield in Winter Manhattan

by Jennifer Ciotta Holden Caulfield generates so much inspirational buzz, he needs no introduction.  This immortal character, star of The [...]

O’Henry and The Gift of the Magi

By Mary Pat Musick Do you remember the first time reading O’Henry’s The Gift of the Magi? Do you recall [...]

Henry Miller and The Dance of Life

The art of living is based on rhythm – on give and take, ebb and flow, light and dark, life and death. By acceptance of all the aspects of life, good and bad, right and wrong, yours and mine, the static, defensive life, which is what most people are cursed with, is converted into a dance, ‘the dance of life.’ The real function of the dance is- metamorphosis.