History

Literary Traveler’s Food Issue – December 2013

The holidays are behind us, and most of us are finally recuperated from the binge-eating extravaganza that can often be a more exhaustive sporting event than the Winter Olympics. Now,…

View Post

One in a Million — Words to Celebrate the 4th of July

Like any big festival, 4th of July is about first losing yourself, then finding yourself in the crowd. It’s an experience that can sometimes result in moments of meaningful transcendence…

View Post

View Post

1.6K
2 min

The Siberian Mammoth: An Unexpected Guide to Cuba’s Revolutionary Past

The title of the documentary about the making of I Am Cuba doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue: I am Cuba, The Siberian Mammoth seems to bear an especially obscure…

View Post

Fauxscar Nominee: Les Misérables

Strictly speaking, Les Misérables is not a Literary Adaption; it’s based on the musical, not the Victor Hugo novel. The story has traveled far since it was first published in France. It’s…

View Post

View Post

1.4K
2 min

Happy Halloween From Literary Traveler!

Literary Traveler has been very excited about Halloween…and it’s finally here! To celebrate, we’d like to show off all the work we did in advance of the spookiest day of…

View Post

Independence Day, Then and Now: How to Party like it’s 1776

On the eve of the first Independence Day, John Adams wrote in a letter to his wife, Abigail: “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding…

View Post

Literary Traveler’s Food Issue – December 2013

One in a Million — Words to Celebrate the 4th of July

The Siberian Mammoth: An Unexpected Guide to Cuba’s Revolutionary Past

Fauxscar Nominee: Les Misérables

Happy Halloween From Literary Traveler!

Independence Day, Then and Now: How to Party like it’s 1776

Recent Posts

Twitter Feed