A Harry Potter State of Mind in Winter Alaska
Photo by Paxson Woelber by Melissa Mapes The afternoon sun, bright but ephemeral, reflected off the snow, giving the expanse of Cook Inlet and the…
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A Brief History Of Edward Gorey’s Creepy Cape Cod
by David Silon Cape Cod has a history going back four hundred years, that is, if you’re not counting the unwritten history of the Native…
At Shelley’s Grave: The Ineffable Calico Cat at il Cimitero Straniero
So I said, most impractically, to the obliging calico cat with yellow eyes, as we turned to depart the old Protestant Cemetery, that walled oasis of g…
Bram Stoker’s Dracula in Whitby
by Bruce Holmes But, strangest of all, the very instant the shore was touched, an immense dog sprang up on deck from below ……
Witches, Gables and ‘Haunted Happenings’: A Visit to Salem
By Amanda Festa With Halloween quickly approaching, here at Literary Traveler, we have really gotten into the spirit of the season. For many, fall breeds…
Literary Halloween – Part I: 5 Costumes with Character
By Jessica Monk Halloween, I confess: I’ve failed you. My costumes have been offbeat, inappropriate, and dangerously conceptual. Being a literature graduate, it’s what’s expected…
Literary Halloween – Part II: 10 Couples Costumes for Book Lovers
By Amanda Festa Couples costumes can be hard to pull off. They require the perfect mix of chemistry, good humor, and thinly veiled innuendo. And…
From Sardinia To The Sangre De Cristo Mountains: How Travel Influenced The Writings of D.H. Lawrence
by Gina Buonaguro “Comes over one an absolute necessity to move.” If one quotation could sum up a person’s life, this opening line from the…
Yasnaya Polyana Home of Leo Tolstoy
As the Yorkshire surroundings of Emily Bronte’s birthplace influenced Wuthering Heights, and Charlotte Bronte’s hardships at a stern high school fed her with the image…
Pablo Neruda’s Isla Negra
by Monique Filsnol “A Single Drop Lucid and Heavy.” A French admirer of Pablo Neruda visits his Isla Negra in Chile Finally, I made it…