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A Tender Evening in JR Moehringer’s “The Tender Bar”

By Jennifer Locke The local bar: it’s a place both mythologized and longed-for, a place Americans with packed schedules and commuter lifestyles dream of in the same way that they…

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Creating Beauty from Devastation in Galveston, Texas

By Rosie Carbo When I was a university student in Houston, Galveston Island was a magnet during holidays and after finals. Like many tourists, I was drawn to its beaches,…

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Bus Trips to Spark Your Wanderlust

By Amanda Festa The idea of the road trip is magic. It is a different kind of travel, about the journey far more than it is about the destination. The…

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Hotels

The Library Hotel: Literary Luxury in New York City

By Amanda Festa Hotels belong to no one and everyone. They are temporary resting places, providing transient comfort when we are away from home. A hotel doesn’t know where you’re…

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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, The Citizen-Soldier

By Victor A. Walsh There can be no home without a country, and no life without honor. ~ Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 1867 At dawn from the observation tower, the mist…

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Travel

Travel for Women, Minus the Baggage: 8 Things We Learned at the Women’s Travel Fest

By Jessica Monk “I think that as women we’ve got the same messages since little girls. If you think of red riding hood, it’s don’t go into the woods.” Whether…

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Safe, Solo, and Female: How to Book a Room of One’s Own and Have the Best Trip of Your Life

by Jessica Monk It’s a cliché but traveling alone really does help you rediscover the self that’s buried under the layers of dust. It’s the new year and your sights…

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Articles

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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Day Trippin’ with Literary Traveler

By Carly Cassano Literary Traveler is proud to have featured articles about artists from all over the world—some well-known, others obscure—who have something in common: Vision. Novelists, historians, journalists, painters, composers:…

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National Geographic’s “Found” Blog Offers Endless Travel Inspiration

By Katy Kelleher For a travel writer and photography enthusiast, there are few publications more inspiring than National Geographic. Ever since I was a child, I have been picking up…

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