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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A Last-Minute Valentine’s Gift Guide for Literary Travelers
by Amy Munslow Valentine’s Day has a sly ability to sneak up on you. Between recovering from the last set of holidays, diligently attempting to keep New Year’s resolutions, and seemingly endless…
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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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We Recommend This App: WiFi Map
by Mary Kate Costigan Is there anything more coveted during travel than free Wi-Fi? The search for it is made much, much easier with WiFi Map. It uses your device’s…
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The Buried Giant: Why the Fantastic Isn’t Always Important in Fantasy
by Mary Kate Costigan In his first novel in ten years, Booker Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro enters a realm he has never entered before: fantasy. The Buried Giant is…
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Christopher Buckley Satirizes Medieval Europe in ‘The Relic Master’
by Mary Kate Costigan “Dismas might have purchased the finger bone of the Apostle Thomas, but there was something not quite right about the man offering it for sale.” Thus…
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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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