Rediscovering Sir Philip Sidney at Penshurst Place
by Ann-Maureen Owens These days it is possible to earn an undergraduate degree in English Literature without learning anything about the true Renaissance man of…
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A Rainy Day in Jackson for Miss Eudora Welty
By Richard Warren In 2001, my friends all thought I was mad when I drove 12 hours to Jackson, Mississippi, to attend the funeral of…
Richard Scarry’s Best Luck Ever
By Melissa Mapes The bleary-eyed rabbit wrapped her paws around a coffee mug for warmth. Although we were indoors, the chill of a Bostonian spring…
Freya Stark’s Afghanistan
By Katherine Gypson “This is a great moment, when you see, however distant, the goal of your wandering. The thing which has been living in…
One’s Self and the Other: NYC and The History of Love
I was standing alone in the Buhre Avenue station, waiting for the number six train to arrive and bring me downtown, where I would attend a going-away …
Exploring the Isle of Wight with Alfred Lord Tennyson
The western tip of England’s Isle of Wight was a setting beloved of the Victorian poet laureate, Alfred Lord Tennyson, for the last half of his life…
Hiram Bingham and the Children of the Sun
Hiram Bingham, an American explorer, discovered the ancient Inca city Machu Picchu at the turn of the 20th Century. ', 'Now almost delirious with alti…
The Mists of Mount Doom: J.R.R. Tolkien’s New Zealand
By Alan McMonagle It is a misty morning, just after six, one week to Christmas. There is a stinging bite from the cool morning air.…
The Irrational Allure of Writers’ Houses*
*Adapted for Literary Traveler from the Introduction to A Skeptic’s Guide To Writers’ Houses By Anne Trubek Around the time the housing collapse hit New…
The Literary and Luxurious Queen Mary 2
Bill Bryson, Joanne Harris. Would you ever expect to meet two world famous writers on a cruise of all places? I had the pleasure of meeting, interview…