The Clever One That Got Away: The Story of Jane Austen’s Niece, Marianne
by Jessica Monk if I were as young as you are I would write my thanks & congrats on a larger sheet of paper, but as the case stands, I…
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Jane Austen’s Nieces in Ireland: A Tale of Two Sisters
By Jessica Monk We cannot but be most thankful that such a shocking thing was averted, and that the only person she has ever loved & who is in every…
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The 2014 Literary Fauxscars: And the Nominees are…
By Amanda Festa It’s that time of year again: Award Show Season. Each year, the Hollywood Foreign Press awards Golden Globes to the best in film and television; the SAG…
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Southern Comfort: A Poet’s Biography of Antarctic Cuisine
By Jessica Monk Here the geography is so singular that our presence is inseparable from our desire to see: here we are the only figure on the figureless ground we…
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A Tour Less Ordinary: The Hidden Poetry of Italy’s Literary Landmarks
By Jessica Monk “Literature is a way to experiment with the world. You can have a story that is rich and detailed and that accurately depicts our life, and you…
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The Eye of the Beholder: Millicent Rogers and the Art of Taos
By Jessica Monk “There is no paying life in advance for what it must do to you. It asks of one’s unarmored heart, and one must give in. There is…
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The Timeless Secret of Nancy Drew
By Amanda Festa Photography by Antoinette Weil Discovering Nancy Drew was one of those moments in life that defined me – which I understand sounds a little drastic. It’s only…
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Norway’s Native Children
By Julie Hatfield In preparing for a cruise along the coast of Norway last summer, I asked the cruise ship staff of the MS Nordlys, part of the venerable Hurtigruten…
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The Summer of Gatsby
Here at Literary Traveler we are enjoying the summer sun with a side of Gatsby. For a refresher course on all things Fitzgerald, check out our latest posts — a…
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Anatomy of The Great Gatsby: Literary Traveler takes on Luhrmann
When it came time for someone to review the latest film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, we could not delegate the task. It’s not that no one was up for…
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