Literary Traveler: Audrey Schulman
Today, in the auditorium of the Cambridge Public Library on Cambridge Street, Audrey Schulman is a well-traveled mother, successful novelist and entre…
Author: Carly Cassano
Journeys from Words: One Literary Traveler Reflects
By Andrew Scott A good imagination can be swifter and safer than any known means of transport today. Pleasant platitude as it is. It can…
John Irving’s Novel In One Person: Another Adept Look at Humankind
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse John Irving’s latest novel In One Person tells the story of William, “Billy” Abbott, a bi-sexual man born in a fictional small…
Homesick and Happy in Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn
By Sue Norton Colm Tóibín’s novel Brooklyn operates, like so much of modern fiction, on planes of moral ambiguity and relativism. Few clearly correct options…
Can A Sleeping Bag Save You?
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse Hypothermia happens when your core body temperature falls below normal, which can easily happen when you are exposed to cold winds…
It’s Not Even Past: William Faulkner In Present-Day Oxford
By Tyler Malone I was racing against time. Specifically, the clock. I had hours of sunlight left, but not much time before Rowan Oak would…
Interview with Dennis Lehane, Novelist and Bostonian
Interview by Francis McGovern; Introduction by Amanda Festa At Literary Traveler, we’re fascinated by the places that inspire writers, which is one of the reasons our…
The Spirit of Salem: The Hawthorne Hotel
by Wes Newbury “The place isn’t haunted,” insists Juli Lederhaus, general manager of Salem’s Hawthorne Hotel. “There’s no documentation. People tell us they feel things, whatever,…
Socialism and Green Spaces: William Morris’s Walthamstow
By Peter Turner ‘Have you ever wondered why there’s so much suffering in the world?’ asked the suited young man. ‘Please read one of the…
Coffee and Bob Kaufman, Poet of the People
By Kerry Lee When I step through the door and catch that first, redolent wisp, that rich, provocative bouquet that doesn’t taste like it smells,…