2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Literary Traveler in Your Life
We hope that you all have an amazing holiday season. Oh but you would like a gift and maybe some gift ideas too? Ok here we go then. It’s not easy…
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The Juggernaut of Lord Jagganath
It was etymology that drew me there- to Puri, Odisha, to the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagganath. Juggernaut ˈdʒʌɡənɔːt/ noun a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force. –in current English usage,…
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The Story of My Life Becomes My Life
by Sherri Harvey It’s my first day at the 2018 Travel Writers’ Conference in Corte Madera, California. I’m sitting in a homey, book-filled office at Book Passage with the legendary…
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Vincent van Gogh’s Quest: In the Footsteps of the Artist
Call 1.844.378.2869 for more information and mention Literary Traveler ITINERARY The art of Vincent van Gogh has been so widely circulated and commercialized that both the intensity of his…
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Russia’s Golden Age: 19th-Century Art, Literature, and Music
Call 1.844.378.2869 for more information and mention Literary Traveler Join us on this trip to Mother Russia to explore a vital time and place in cultural history: the Golden Age…
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Basque in the Glory: Walking the Camino del Norte
Call 1.844.378.2869 for more information and mention Literary Traveler ITINERARY Over 1,000 years ago, the original way to Santiago de Compostela wove along the northern coast of Spain, passing through…
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Jessica A. Beck: My Personal Legend – Looking Up
My first memory on earth is drowning. I was four and I slipped under in the deep end in an indoor pool. I didn’t fight or scream or try…
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Melissa Juliet Sagendorph: My Personal Legend
“Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.” -Basil King Like most people my age, I’ve spent the past ten years coping with the peculiar young person’s disease…
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My Personal Legend – Francis McGovern
When I think of My Personal Legend, the idea of what I am supposed to be, I think at some level I have always wanted to inspire people. That was…
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What is Your Personal Legend?
This year we are asking people to write about their “Personal Legend.” Each year I think everyone evaluates their life and their journey a little bit around the holidays and…
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