The Giver: Adapting the Original YA Dystopia
By Antoinette Weil “The important thing is that a film doesn’t obliterate a book. The movie is here now. But the book hasn’t gone away.…
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Before 50 Shades of Grey: 7 Classic Works of Erotic Literature
by Katy Kelleher It’s no secret that some members of the Literary Traveler staff are fans of the EL James novel, 50 Shades of Grey,…
Where Has True Passion Gone?
by Casey Hassenstein Where has true passion gone? Today, passion and sex are compatriots being thoughtlessly splashed about in the pages of magazines and uploaded…
Gone Girl: What’s Lost in Translation and Does it Matter?
By Wesley Sharer When I think of my wife I always think of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull, unspooling her brains, trying…
The 2015 Literary Fauxscars: And the Nominees are…
By Amanda Festa Award show season is here again, and while the Academy Awards has its merits, one “Best Adapted Screenplay” category hardly seems like…
The Fantasy of the Arctic
Photo by Moyan Brenn by Katy Kelleher “Go West, young man” is an old adage, one that speaks to that particularly American dream of endless…
Literary Traveler Gift Guide: Great New Books for Everyone on Your List
by Katy Kelleher Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means one thing in American consumer culture: it’s time to start holiday shopping. But instead of…
“Be Your Own Story”: 8 Life Lessons from Literary Commencement Speeches
By Jessica Monk and Amanda Festa Brevity isn’t exactly the soul of most graduation ceremonies, and if a commencement speaker can hold you in your…
“The wicked lie, that the past is always tense”: The Genius of Zadie Smith
By Kelsey A. Liebenson-Morse …the wicked lie, that the past is always tense and the future, perfect. – Zadie Smith, White Teeth Zadie Smith’s grand and sweeping…
The Adaption Comes Full Circle: The True Story of Philomena’s Lost Child
By Jessica Monk Ultimately the tragedy of the movie and its redemption turn out to be one and the same: that Philomena and her son…