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Take a glance ‘behind the article’ as Literary Traveler  speaks with Ann-Maureen Owens, author of our July 16th article, “Rediscovering Sir Philip Sidney at Penshurst Place.”  After reading about Shakespeare’s […]

Take a peek “behind the article” as Literary Traveler talks with Michael Hartigan, the author of our July 23rd article, “I am Not an Original Groundling.”  We had a few more questions for the writer concerning his […]

Dear Literary Travelers,

Please join our book club! Our inaugural read is Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed.

Cheryl Strayed’s memoir about the sudden illness and death of […]

2012 Movies Based on Books

Savages (6 Jul 2012) – Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively
Based on: Savages by Don Winslow

The Bourne Legacy (3 Aug 2012) – Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz
Based on: […]

Oh Kaliningrad.  Is this really an oblast that calls for a visit?  And what exactly is an oblast?

The Kaliningrad oblast is a province of Russia.  Many people do not know about it due to its unique location, […]

Take a look at our newest Feature article:

Alexander Pushkin: I Loved You Linen Factory by native Russian writer, Maria Kozyreva.  Step into a Slavic literary world where every year, Russians gather in the Kaluga […]

Can you believe it’s finally coming out?

We waited months and months, and now it’s delayed again!  I’m talking about the release date of the movie, The Lovely Bones, which is based on the best-seller by Alice […]

Here at Literary Traveler, we are just as excited for the holidays as you are!  And we too have to buy presents and get in the holiday spirit.  How is this all possible with life’s busy schedule?

It’s very […]

Time to make resolutions.  And many of us can’t keep them, let’s be honest.  It’s hard to stick to that diet, or lose those 10 pounds we really don’t need to lose anyway, right?  Try a solid New Year’s […]

Take a look at our hilarious, newest Feature article entitled:

Tips for Driving in England: Shakespeare, Henry James & Thomas Hardy

I selected this article in particular because it was quite different from our […]

We rarely publish full-scale biographies.  However, this one was so compelling I couldn’t pass it up.

Introducing our newest article: Zelda Fitzgerald: The Roaring Twenties Icon by Sara Hodon.

Zelda Fitzgerald […]

An adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” comes out in theaters today. Directed by Jodie Markell, the story examines the lust and longing of Fisher Willow, a tenacious, sometimes […]

It is with a heavy heart that LT found out today that famed Catcher in the Rye author J.D. Salinger died at the age of 91 of natural causes in his New Hampshire home.

Catcher in the Rye is the novel that […]

In The Catskills was originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1910. Tomorrow, the publishing house is re-releasing John Burroughs selected writings about his home in the Catskills and his observational […]

Moviegoers anxiously await the February 19, 2010 release of Shutter Island.  Adapted from the novel written by award-winning author Dennis Lehane, the film is sure to do well in the box office with swoon-worthy […]

Friday, March 5 marks the release of Tim Burton’s “Alice In Wonderland.” After checking out the Tim Burton exhibit at MoMA in New York at the end of January, I predict a scrawling, blubbering, rubberized, […]

It’s been a brutal winter for many of us.  Cold and snowy, icy and slippery.  As I write this post, heavy wet snowflakes, though delightful and beautiful, descend upon my area of the world.  Forecasters predict it […]

Welcome to our new community site. If you are visiting us for the first time, please consider joining our beta and blogging with us. We will be blogging about articles on Literary Traveler, and featuring other […]

Often our greatest epiphanies occur at the most mundane moments.  Like Archimedes and his tub, we tend to stumble into truth with our vision blurred and arms outstretched.  However, there are men who dedicate […]

It seems that March is monastery month here at Literary Traveler.  With the weather starting to warm ever so slightly, there is a breath of spring in the air, which has always felt more like renewal to me than any […]