Visiting Harry Potter
by Julie Hatfield Children love to be transported – through books – to places more exciting than where they live. As Maria Tatar, Harvard professor,…
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At Home With Virginia Woolf
By Chris Hudson In the final entry of her diary on 24th March 1941, Virginia Woolf left no clues to her impending suicide. Four days…
The High Mountains of Portugal: A Thoughtful but Underwhelming Study of Grief
by Mary Kate Costigan Never let it be said that Yann Martel doesn’t like wild animals. Fifteen years ago he published Life of Pi, a…
The Magic of Venice and ‘The Thief Lord’
by Jessica A. Beck When I first read Cornelia Funke’s The Thief Lord, I couldn’t have been more than 10 years old. I was a girl…
The Year of Shakespeare: How to Celebrate the Bard in 2016
By Mary Kate Costigan Really, every year is the year of Shakespeare. But 2016 holds special importance, as it marks 400 years since his death.…
Brooklyn: A Fable About Emigration Told from the Heart
by Jessica Monk I will begin this review with a warning, an emotional censor’s rating if you like. If you’re one of those people whose…
In “Alive, Alive Oh!”, Diana Athill Remembers a Remarkable Life
By Mary Kate Costigan At 97 years old, Diana Athill has a lot of story to tell. Biographical details alone will tell you that those…
The 2016 Literary Fauxscars: And the Oscar goes to…
by Melissa Sagendorph and Literary Traveler Staff The moment has arrived! Announcing the winners of this year’s Literary Fauxscars. Acceptance speeches at the ready: the…
The 2016 Literary Fauxscars: And the Nominees are…
by Melissa Sagendorph So many novels are made into movies, but it’s rare that we get to look at them in comparison with each other,…
African-American Literary Journeys
by Sam Cochrane Travel opens up our eyes to the beautiful diversity of the human experience, and our bookshelves deserve the same attention. If these works…