The Feeling of Moher
By Savannah Barrow In The Symbolism of Poetry, W.B. Yeats writes: “All sounds, all colours, all forms, either because of their pre-ordained energies or because of long association, evoke indefinable…
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Rushing to Berlin
By Lev Raphael On my first German book tour, I was so excited to be going that I didn’t think through the connections or the times involved, I just said…
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Sailing the Baltic with a Shakespearean Sensibility
By Maggie Hirt Sailing is filled with high highs and low lows just like William Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies. At different points of everyday, as in A Midsummer Night’s Dream,…
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Dobrogea – one of the richest yet overlooked regions of Romania
By Iulia Hau Dobrogea, the Romanian region placed in the vicinity of the Black Sea, is often overlooked by locals and rarely visited by foreign travelers. The Romanian seashore on…
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My Great New England Train Adventure
By Zeenath Khan Friends and family met my decision to travel to Vermont from Manhattan with various degrees of incredulity. ‘How can you stand the idea of being in a…
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Literary Recipes: Little Women’s Apple Turnovers
By Hannah White “There was a momentary lull, broken by Hannah, who stalked in, laid two hot turnovers on the table, and stalked out again. These turnovers were an institution,…
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Exploring the Literary South: 5 Texas Destinations for the Literary Traveler
By Hannah White I grew up spending summers in the Piney Woods of deep East Texas with my late father’s family. Texas was his home before he moved up north…
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Kayaking with North Country Kayak
By Francis McGovern “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” — William Shakespeare The Long Pond Day Use Area is about twenty five minutes deep into the White…
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Three Truths for Teaching Writing
By Kelsey Liebenson-Morse The 2020-2021 school year concluded my seventh year of teaching. In many cultures and religions, seven is an important number. In fact, some say it represents physical…
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A Trip to Boston’s Literary District: Visiting Louisa May Alcott’s Beacon Hill Haunts
By Hannah White Boston is a city rich in literary history that many famous writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry James, and Henry David Thoreau once called home. But as…
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