Book Review: The Casual Vacancy
J.K. Rowling hit literary (and literal) gold when she wrote Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The series made her world famous, and rightly so.…
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Reading About The Holocaust During the Holidays
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse Like any respectable book-a-holic, I cannot leave the library with fewer than three to five books. During a recent trip, I…
Book Review: Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg
I long to travel to snowy regions and see the place where the ocean turns to thick, churning ice. But since I can't hop a plane to Greenland, I do the…
Dennis Lehane’s Live by Night: Island of Misfits
By Wes Newbury “As far as the writer as an outlaw,” said Dennis Lehane in his Literary Traveler interview, “we are sort of the square pegs,…
Literary Traveler: Audrey Schulman
Today, in the auditorium of the Cambridge Public Library on Cambridge Street, Audrey Schulman is a well-traveled mother, successful novelist and entre…
John Irving’s Novel In One Person: Another Adept Look at Humankind
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse John Irving’s latest novel In One Person tells the story of William, “Billy” Abbott, a bi-sexual man born in a fictional small…
Anna Karenina: The Movie
By Katy Kelleher Great film adaptations of classic novels are all alike; every junk Hollywood movie is terrible in its own way. Which way will…
Literary Pit Stop: RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth, NH
By Katy Kelleher In the age of digital books and online shopping, it is harder than ever for an independent bookstore to survive. Unable to…
Murder She Wrote: Reviewing “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn
By Katy Kelleher Books, like all other products we consume, are subject to trends. What was popular mere months ago might suddenly feel stale, and…
The ‘Wonder’ of Ann Patchett
By Amanda Festa This September, the Literary Traveler Book Club will be discussing Ann Patchett’s 2011 novel, State of Wonder. Before delving into the…