The Hundred-Foot Journey: Comforts of Food and Home
By Haley Houseman The Hundred-Foot Journey is as much about the homes we carry with us, as it is about the food and culture that make us who we are.…
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The Theory of Everything: An Imperfect Romance of Love and Science
By Alex Nicoll The Theory of Everything begins with a scene of Stephen Hawking riding a bicycle. This image is all foreshadowing: of Stephen’s impending diagnosis, of his loss of…
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Following ‘Inherent Vice’ Down the Rabbit Hole
By Amanda Festa “What goes around may come around, but it never ends up exactly the same place, you ever notice? Like a record on a turntable, all it takes…
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The Giver: Adapting the Original YA Dystopia
By Antoinette Weil “The important thing is that a film doesn’t obliterate a book. The movie is here now. But the book hasn’t gone away. It has simply grown up,…
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Before 50 Shades of Grey: 7 Classic Works of Erotic Literature
by Katy Kelleher It’s no secret that some members of the Literary Traveler staff are fans of the EL James novel, 50 Shades of Grey, and are awaiting the release…
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Where Has True Passion Gone?
by Casey Hassenstein Where has true passion gone? Today, passion and sex are compatriots being thoughtlessly splashed about in the pages of magazines and uploaded via racy photos from celebrities…
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Gone Girl: What’s Lost in Translation and Does it Matter?
By Wesley Sharer When I think of my wife I always think of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull, unspooling her brains, trying to get answers. The primal…
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The 2015 Literary Fauxscars: And the Nominees are…
By Amanda Festa Award show season is here again, and while the Academy Awards has its merits, one “Best Adapted Screenplay” category hardly seems like enough space to praise and…
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The Fantasy of the Arctic
by Katy Kelleher “Go West, young man” is an old adage, one that speaks to that particularly American dream of endless opportunity and infinite space. But I’ve never felt the…
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Literary Traveler Gift Guide: Great New Books for Everyone on Your List
by Katy Kelleher Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means one thing in American consumer culture: it’s time to start holiday shopping. But instead of running out to the nearest…
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