Creating Beauty from Devastation in Galveston, Texas
By Rosie Carbo When I was a university student in Houston, Galveston Island was a magnet during holidays and after finals. Like many tourists, I was drawn to its beaches,…
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Bus Trips to Spark Your Wanderlust
By Amanda Festa The idea of the road trip is magic. It is a different kind of travel, about the journey far more than it is about the destination. The…
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The Library Hotel: Literary Luxury in New York City
By Amanda Festa Hotels belong to no one and everyone. They are temporary resting places, providing transient comfort when we are away from home. A hotel doesn’t know where you’re…
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“Be Your Own Story”: 8 Life Lessons from Literary Commencement Speeches
Brevity isn’t exactly the soul of most graduation ceremonies, and if a commencement speaker can hold you in your seat with rapt attention on a hot May or June day,…
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La Belle Helene: A Rare Discovery at Greece’s Mycenae
By Albert Englehardt “See, here is the German archaeologist Wilhelm Dörpfeld’s signature, and here is Agatha Christie’s, and over there is Jean-Paul Sartre’s. Your room is named after him. My father…
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Citizen-Soldier
By Victor A. Walsh There can be no home without a country, and no life without honor. ~ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1867 At dawn from the observation tower, the mist…
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“Put the Map Away” and Other Travel Tips from Samantha Brown
By Amanda Festa Literary Traveler recently attended the first Women’s Travel Fest in New York — one day, countless inspiring and passionate women from all over the world. The Festival featured…
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Emirates Airline Festival: A Literary Oasis Amid the Dazzle of Dubai
By Ann Kirkland It has been a long and brutal winter in Toronto. So, when I was invited to the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature in early March, I took…
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“The wicked lie, that the past is always tense”: The Genius of Zadie Smith
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse …the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect. – Zadie Smith, White Teeth Zadie Smith’s grand and sweeping novel White Teeth (2000) spans years, locations (Kingston,…
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The 2014 Literary Fauxscars: The Results are In!
By Amanda Festa The staff at Literary Traveler has spent a busy month reading, watching, and reviewing this year’s selection of adaptations. It’s been a big year for literary films,…
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