Interview With Mystery Writer Marianne Wilski Strong
By Jennifer Ciotta Literary Traveler celebrates the Mystery by talking with the award-winning mystery writer Marianne Wilski Strong. The author of twenty-four mystery short stories,…
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Oscar Wilde’s West
By Jan Wellington Of the countless stories, novels, and plays inspired by and featuring Oscar Wilde, a significant number bear the title, “The Wilde West.” …
Nancy Drew: A Stratemeyer Family Enigma
When I initially received word that I was to compose a piece on Nancy Drew, potentially one of the most adored and widely known fictional…
I Am Providence: The City that Made H.P. Lovecraft
By Robert Anasi I never can be tied to raw new things, For I first saw the light in an old town, Where from my…
St. John’s, Lucy, My Brother
By Jennifer Ciotta Jamaica Kincaid was born Elaine Potter Richardson on May 25, 1949 in the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, which is called St.…
George Sand: Her Majorcan Winter of Discontent
Never before-and possibly never since-has a Mediterranean island inspired as much enmity as did the Spanish isle of Majorca for prolific French writer and protofeminist…
Dashiell Hammett at the Hollywood Studios
By David Silon For the record, this article will not be about Dashiell Hammett, per se. There will be no biographical information here other than…