Nella Larsen – Discovering Parallels to Nella Larsen
by Sushama Austin Nella Larsen was a Harlem Renaissance novelist, a triumph in a day and age that neither supported her gender nor humanized her…
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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…
The Real Story Behind Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
By Paul Millward, “A Merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!” says Fred to Scrooge in the opening pages of A Christmas Carol, beginning the literary…
Who Wrote ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas? A Literary Debate
by Jennifer Ciotta Immersed in the Christmas season and living in New York, I’ve engaged in the typical Big Apple holiday tasks such as viewing…
I Am Providence: The City that Made H.P. Lovecraft
by Robert Anasi I never can be tied to raw new things, For I first saw the light in an old town, Where from my…
Shirley Jackson’s Outsider Perspective of Bennington, Vermont
by Katy Kelleher Leaf season had already peaked and the famous green mountains had faded to a burnished gold. The vibrant, shocking colors of autumn…
Literary Traveler Holiday Gift Guide 2013
The closer we get to Thanksgiving (and Black Friday), the more our inboxes are inundated with guides to the newest, hottest, most sought-after items for…
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…
Ponies & Tranquility, Jane Austen’s New Forest
by Janet Halliday Trees in thick green leaf fuzz the banks of the Beaulieu River. The foliage wall is pierced occasionally by inviting, narrow inlets…