Queen Mary 2 Interview with Author Bill Bryson
Interview by Francis McGovern; Introduction by Carly Cassano It was a pleasure for Literary Traveler founder, Francis McGovern, and editor-at-large, Jennifer Ciotta, to travel across…
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Visiting Pablo Neruda’s Houses
By Ruth Kozak Excerpt from Pablo Neruda “Poet’s Obligation” So through me, freedom and the sea will make their answer to the shuttered heart. I…
Following Caravaggio through Rome
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, called Caravaggio for the name of the small town in northern Italy where he grew up, was known for his disdainful p…
John Muir and the Family Ranch in Martinez
John Muir was the prophet of a new order that looked to nature for guidance and inspiration. His legacy, along with creating national parks like Yosem…
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Park Corner
It is raining in New London Harbour, Connecticut. Dark clouds hang heavy and low overhead, a veil of rain enshrouds the hills and fields, and…
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy Stimulus for Social Change in Sweden
It was a crisp winter night and standing by one of the many bridges that bring Sweden's capital together, my brother and I clunked our cans of Stockho…
Chevrolets, Cigars & Men in Graham Greene’s Cuba
By Lisa Selvidge I arrive in Havana, Cuba, at the end of 2010 together with a guide book and several men: Our Man in Havana,…
Van Gogh & The Dead in Arles, France
It’s late October, but the sun beats down on my bare head with the ferocity of an August heat wave. I stand at the entrance of Les Alyscamps, Elisii…
Tao House, Eugene O’Neill’s “Final Harbor”
By Victor A. Walsh As the shuttle bus edges up the last grade of the gated private road, the morning fog has settled like smoke…
Ode to England Inspired by Kazuo Ishiguro
by Zoe Smith “Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I…