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The 2016 Literary Fauxscars: And the Oscar goes to…

by Melissa Sagendorph and Literary Traveler Staff The moment has arrived! Announcing the winners of this year’s Literary Fauxscars. Acceptance speeches at the ready: the Academy has spoken… …

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The 2016 Literary Fauxscars: And the Nominees are…

by Melissa Sagendorph So many novels are made into movies, but it’s rare that we get to look at them in comparison with each other, to judge the transition from…

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African-American Literary Journeys

by Sam Cochrane Travel opens up our eyes to the beautiful diversity of the human experience, and our bookshelves deserve the same attention. If these works by African American writers are on…

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Remembering Henry James

By Tava Hoag The month of February featured the return of many television dramas. People today crave television shows that keep on going. Series that take place season after season…

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“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies” Gives an Unlikely Lesson in Adaptation, is Awesome While Doing So

by Mary Kate Costigan As a teenager, I once made a list of inaccuracies between Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and its movie counterpart. I got to 67…

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Literary Events to Get Excited About in 2016

by Mary Kate Costigan 2015 was a great year for all things literary. Harper Lee’s long, long awaited second novel, Go Set a Watchman, was finally released. Margaret Atwood wrote…

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2015 Holiday Gift Guide: 10 Affordable Items for the Literary Traveler in Your Life

By Mary Kate Costigan, It’s that time of year again. We have reached the season of food, festivities, and incredible stress. Don’t get us wrong: the holidays are great. There’s…

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I am Not an Original Groundling

By Michael Hartigan (From the Literary Traveler Archive) I am not an original Groundling. Nor could I ever be, what with widespread theatrical ambivalence, modern day health codes and a…

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Spending The Holidays with Catie Copley at the Copley Plaza Hotel

By Tava Hoag and Francis McGovern If you have a little Literary Traveler (who loves to read and go out to eat!) and you are looking for the perfect holiday…

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From Page to Picture: The Dilemmas of Adaptation

By Paul Millward, As someone who has always been hopelessly in love with both the printed word and the moving image, I have over the years, watched with varying degrees…

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