10 Great Books Written by BIPOC Women
By Hannah White March is Women’s History Month. Though we celebrate the great literary achievements made by women year-round here at Literary Traveler, I’ve curated…
Tag: Women Authors
Zora Neale Hurston, A Literary Life
By Michelle Potter “It was the time for sitting on porches beside the road. It was the time to hear things and talk.” – Their…
Lauramania: A Tour of De Smet, South Dakota
By Teresa Bergen I was halfway through the tour before I realized I’d read the wrong Little House book to prepare for my trip. My…
Living in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Kolkata
By Sam Tranum Jhumpa Lahiri says many of her stories focus on Boston because it was the first place her parents landed in America when…
“The pears fatten like little buddhas”: Inscribing Sylvia Plath onto Central Java
By Audrey McGlinchy I opened my notebook on a return flight from Jakarta, Indonesia to Chiang Mai, Thailand, my home for the past nine months.…
Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
By Christina Lewis Margaret Mitchell admired people who had gumption, people who fought their way through hard times triumphantly and came out survivors. She said…