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Call 1.844.378.2869 for more information and mention Literary Traveler It is 1910 in Paris, and Coco Chanel has just opened a shop selling stylish, lightweight hats near Place Vendôme. A…

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Shakespeare & Company: The Story is on the Shelves

By Jack Callahan The windows are dusty in the corners of the grilles, the glass has rippled at the bottoms of the panes, and on this spring morning the leaves…

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Hotels

Lake Placid: The Earth Friendly Getaway

By Francis McGovern Earlier this spring, Literary Traveler had the chance to visit Lake Placid for an Earth Day Celebration. Our host and home base for the trip was the…

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Queen Mary 2 Interview with Author Joanne Harris

Interview by Jennifer Ciotta; Introduction by Carly Cassano It was a pleasure for Literary Traveler founder, Francis McGovern, and editor-at-large, Jennifer Ciotta, to travel across the Atlantic with authors Bill…

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The Juggernaut of Lord Jagganath

April 1, 2019

It was etymology that drew me there- to Puri, Odisha, to the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagganath. Juggernaut ˈdʒʌɡənɔːt/ noun a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force. –in current English usage,…

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Tours

Vincent van Gogh’s Quest: In the Footsteps of the Artist

March 31, 2019

Call 1.844.378.2869 for more information and mention Literary Traveler ITINERARY The art of Vincent van Gogh has been so widely circulated and commercialized that both the intensity of his…

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Basque in the Glory: Walking the Camino del Norte

March 31, 2019

Call 1.844.378.2869 for more information and mention Literary Traveler ITINERARY Over 1,000 years ago, the original way to Santiago de Compostela wove along the northern coast of Spain, passing through…

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Articles

Zora Neale Hurston, A Literary Life

By Michelle Potter “It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk.” – Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora…

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Gear

2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Literary Traveler in Your Life

November 26, 2018

We hope that you all have an amazing holiday season. Oh but you would like a gift and maybe some gift ideas too? Ok here we go then. It’s not easy…

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Tours

Mystery and Manners in Savannah

Call 1.844.378.2869 for more information and mention Literary Traveler ITINERARY To read Flannery O’Connor’s fiction is to be amused, provoked, and pushed to reconsider our place in the world. A Roman…

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