Outdoor Adventure in Vermont
by Francis McGovern One of the biggest challenges throughout the year is getting the kids off the TV and video games and out into the…
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Robert Louis Stevenson and Western Samoa
Western Samoa claims the largest proportion of full-blooded Polynesians in the world. At last count there were 162,000 of them, a collection of robust…
The Freedom of the 3-Day Effect on a Maine Windjammer Cruise on the Angelique
by Francis McGovern All men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them. – Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Sometimes you need to get away…
Chasing Melville Chasing a Whale
By Erin Levens Climbing roses and big puffs of hydrangea accent the houses along the cobblestone streets of Nantucket. An island of weathered buildings with…
One Small Crack by Sherri Harvey
by Sherri Harvey The man on Huntington Dog Beach throwing the ball for his yellow labs only has one useable arm. I watch him out…
Shakespeare & Company: The Story is on the Shelves
By Jack Callahan The windows are dusty in the corners of the grilles, the glass has rippled at the bottoms of the panes, and on…
Queen Mary 2 Interview with Author Joanne Harris
Interview by Jennifer Ciotta; Introduction by Carly Cassano It was a pleasure for Literary Traveler founder, Francis McGovern, and editor-at-large, Jennifer Ciotta, to travel across…
The Juggernaut of Lord Jagganath
It was etymology that drew me there- to Puri, Odisha, to the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagganath. Juggernaut ˈdʒʌɡənɔːt/ noun a huge, powerful, and overwhelming…
Zora Neale Hurston, A Literary Life
By Michelle Potter “It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk.” – Their…
Hemingway in the Snow
Hemingway's tracks in the snow are easy to follow. This was the Hemingway of the 20's. Back from the Great War, Hemingway was still on his way. A repo…