Marfa, Texas: Artist Enclave & Hollywood Oasis
by Bryon Browne Pencils ready- a pop quiz: John Steinbeck is to Salinas, California as Donald Judd is to __________. The correct answer, since the majority of us will need…
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Hotel Chelsea: The World’s Most Infamous Writer’s Retreat
by Neil Fitzgerald Henry Miller famously said that most writing is done “away from the typewriter, away from the desk. I’d say it occurs in the quiet, silent moments, while…
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The Odd Couple in Barcelona: Anton Gaudi & Robert Hughes
by Tom McGuire “What is that?” I wondered the first time I saw it. I should have asked the name. I later found it out: the Church of the Holy…
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Sprezzatura in Cinque Terre, The 5 Villages of Effortless Beauty
by Nicole Kennedy The Italians have an expression for art that the English language has still not found an equivalent for: sprezzatura. Sprezzatura is the ability of an artist to…
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Robert Laxalt’s Nevada
by Peter Mires “My father was a sheepherder, and his home was the hills.” –Sweet Promised Land (1957) To many Americans, Nevada is a place of decadence and diversion. Considered…
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Red Cloud, Nebraska: Willa Cather’s Lifelong Muse
by Sue Repko As I drove west toward Grand Island, Nebraska, the psychic battle for my literary allegiance kicked into high gear. Would I continue my personal race to Denver…
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Strong Pioneer Women: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Western Classics
by Rachel McGinnis Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7, 1867 in Pepin, Wisconsin, the daughter of Charles and Caroline Ingalls. This prolific American woman had a number of…
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Traveler, Writer, Citizen: The James Michener Museum in Doylestown, PA
by Jennifer Ciotta Donning Texan-style bolo ties and large-brimmed cowboy hats, James Michener appeared as if he just stepped out of a Western movie. Spending some of his last years…
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Traveling With Jo-Ann Mapson: A 21st Century Western Writer
by Marie Loggia-Kee Writer Marie Loggia-Kee shares with the readers of Literary Traveler her inspiring phone interview with Western writer, Jo-Ann Mapson. (Photo Credit: Stewart Allison) Filled with lush, literary…
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Tarzan in Los Angeles: The Legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs
by David Silon When considering which author I should investigate, I figured the best place to start is right in my own backyard. But since my apartment does not have…
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