Melissa Juliet Sagendorph: My Personal Legend
“Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid.” -Basil King Like most people my age, I’ve spent the past ten years coping with…
My Personal Legend – Francis McGovern
When I think of My Personal Legend, the idea of what I am supposed to be, I think at some level I have always wanted…
What is Your Personal Legend?
This year we are asking people to write about their “Personal Legend.” Each year I think everyone evaluates their life and their journey a little…
Katie Steinharter – My Personal Legend
Katie and Mogul There is a quote I learned while living in Australia: “Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love……
In the Kitchen with Literary Traveler: 7 Cookbooks Inspired by Literature
By Amanda Festa I’m not going to mince words here (although I am better at mincing words than I am at mincing anything edible), cookbooks…
Boston’s Book Eden
by Virginia Pye Everyone knows that Boston is a book-loving city, but since moving back to the area after more than thirty years away, I’ve…
Holden Caulfield in Winter Manhattan
by Jennifer Ciotta, Holden Caulfield generates so much inspirational buzz, he needs no introduction. This immortal character, star of The Catcher in the Rye written by…
A Harry Potter State of Mind in Winter Alaska
Photo by Paxson Woelber by Melissa Mapes The afternoon sun, bright but ephemeral, reflected off the snow, giving the expanse of Cook Inlet and the…
A Brief History Of Edward Gorey’s Creepy Cape Cod
by David Silon Cape Cod has a history going back four hundred years, that is, if you’re not counting the unwritten history of the Native…
Magic Mountains: Literature, Culture and Coffee in Colombia
Colombia is one of the most spectacular and colorful countries in South America. It is the only country on the continent with both Caribbean and…