Romanticism & The Lake District: The Contradictions of Modern Life
By Lewis Waller After the first travel guide to Britain was published in 1772, Thomas West, a Scottish Jesuit, published his own guide to the…
The Spirit of Boston’s Omni Parker House
By J. Rainey Page Being from the plains of the Midwest, our family romanticized visiting the Upper Northeast Coast. America’s rugged beginnings would be revealed…
10 New and Upcoming Thrillers Based on Books
By Hannah White From a haunting adaptation of Stephen King’s The Outsider, to a modern take on a classic by H.G. Wells, the following is…
New Shirley Jackson Semi-Biopic Sheds Light on the Writer’s Work and Life
By Hannah White The new Hulu biopic Shirley, based upon the novel of the same name by Susan Scarf Merrell, tells a story loosely based…
Murakami Latitude 00º 00’ 00”
by Ian N Arnof We all know meeting our heroes isn’t a good idea. So many things can go wrong: stress from excitement, nervously speaking…
“Oh! Who Can Ever Be Tired of Bath?”
by Alice Nord Jane Austen is often claimed to have disliked Bath, but to some extent, that is a conflation of her heroine Anne Elliot’s…
Anthony Burgess’ Malayan Trilogy
By James Weitz Anthony Burgess is probably best known for his novel Clockwork Orange, also made into a popular film. But few of his fans…
The Overlooked Origin of Melville’s “Moby Dick Coin”: An Exploration of a Nation’s Capital
By: Matthew Morrow “On its round border it bore the letters, Republica del Ecuador: Quito. So this bright coin came from a country planted in…
Interview with Lawrence Wells author of In Faulkner’s Shadow: A Memoir
An interview with Lawrence Wells author of In Faulkner’s Shadow: A Memoir. Lawrence talks about his time in Oxford Mississippi and his new memoir about…
Clinique La Prairie
Have you ever wondered how rich and famous recharge and re-energize? Have you ever wondered what is the closest science has gotten to creating the…