Literary Traveler Network | carly-cassano | Activity https://www.literarytraveler.net/members/carly-cassano/activity/ Activity feed for carly-cassano. Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:29:53 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 3752ef09b50100b9262d8a8c75b3edec carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2013/03/staff-wishlist-destinations-in-ireland-in-honor-of-st-patricks-day/ Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:16:30 -0400 Thumbnail

By Literary Traveler staff and interns

Jessica Ellen Monk, one of our amazing contributors, came up with the idea to do a staff wishlist about literary places in  Ireland we’d like to visit in honor of St. […]

]]> 71105d7aefb5d11baf75e95283f4180d carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2013/02/valentines-day-group-love-staff-post-which-literary-character-do-you-want-to-date/ Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:51:29 -0500 Thumbnail 

By the Literary Traveler staff

Who isn’t really into a great character from literature? Who doesn’t remember falling in love (probably for the first time) with the protagonist of a favorite book. Some of […]

]]> 5edbf3ae0450f5db0084e75b5d9d0840 carly-cassano commented on the post, Ann Patchett and the Battle for the Bookstores, on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/12/battleforthebookstores/#comment-425 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:18:16 -0500 Thank you for writing to us, Gloria.

We’re so happy to hear it’s a great time to be an indie!

Best wishes for the new year,
Carly Cassano

]]> 2c1f88fe7dbb05c95d7f6f71e1de5de0 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/11/happy-thanksgiving-from-literary-traveler/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:05:56 -0500 ThumbnailPlease enjoy this interesting article and accompanying pictures by The Atlantic about holidays all over the world that encourage “thanks giving”.

Here at LT, we’re grateful for the opportunity to travel, meet […]

]]> 48766fb50afc6991382293842df9ca06 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/11/get-your-twilight-sparkles-here/ Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:53:43 -0500 ThumbnailHi Literary Travelers,

What do you think about Stephanie Meyers’ Twilight? Is the series “literary”? Are the movies any good?

Today’s article, How Twilight Took Me Places I Never Thought I’d Go, asks whether […]

]]> b8c56f2d4039204717834cc4c6794910 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/11/explore-your-literary-imagination-cuba/ Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:50:27 -0500 ThumbnailNow that Halloween is a mere whisper in the dark, Literary Traveler moves on. Over the next several days, we’ll feature posts about the literary history of Cuba. Please join us on our literary journey, and just […]

]]> 77ad54f258e4047b323acee2e00e38c2 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/10/happy-halloween-from-literary-traveler/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:58:42 -0400 ThumbnailLiterary 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 the year. All Treats.

Halloween […]

]]> 39ae3eb467ab3fb54ac2485e4f286fdf carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/10/mercy-brown-american-vampire/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:04:04 -0400 Halloween is big in the Northeast – a liberating blast of Pagan thrills before the bleak snows and Puritan thrift of winter. As the festival approaches, New England’s colors turn from fresh blues and greens to the […]

]]> 4cdce4c31e75f277f2ebf9014857c82f carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/10/henry-beston-a-summary-of-his-life-and-achievements/ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:49:06 -0400 ThumbnailBy Jessica Monk

It is here at Eastham beach on Cape Cod that Henry Beston found his first refuge, in a house that he had built for himself after returning, weary, from WW1.  One September in 1926, Beston came […]

]]> 41f16e68898e84f9a5ec2a6e4d6b69c3 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/09/the-master-a-peculiar-bromance/ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:54:35 -0400 ThumbnailBy Melissa Mapes

A winning film must succeed in three essential categories: production, performance, and plot. The Master scores highly in first two categories, but falters in the third. Surely, one may ask, a […]

]]> 8d669ff48f69e6c1281444dc039aa538 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/01/youth-in-revolt/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:51:08 -0400 Thumbnail

“Youth In Revolt,” adapted from C. D. Payne’s 1993 novel Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp, directed by Miguel Arteta, comes out today.

Payne, born in Akron, Ohio in 1949, lived in the mid-West […]

]]> d04ec6b193d85bd7c7774b0b6ed9d8f3 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/poet-gary-snyder-honored-in-acton/ Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:10:36 -0400 Thumbnail
Mid-March was the beginning of a false-Spring in Boston, Massachusetts. The sunshine was warm and the breezes didn’t bite, but when the sun went down the trees shook, the yards flooded, and the streets reflected […]

]]> 8f2d231e887805c850db4036b3d36ba5 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/01/key-west-day-one-taking-fun-seriously-2/ Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:00:43 -0400 Arrive approximately 7:00pm at apartment/hotel. Clearly people live in this building full-time (“I’ve lived here five years and never taken the elevator,” one resident confessed), but we pickup our key from a […]

]]> 3da318ca5795af0817f68b3023053eaa carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/07/literary-traveler-book-club/ Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:19:34 -0400 ThumbnailDear 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 […]

]]> 35a72e2ea9c0d30138165440647bd818 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/01/the-loss-of-a-teardrop-diamond/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:04:49 -0400 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> 328d03cbadc4a3a43c7b129303510aa0 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/01/in-the-catskills-selections-from-the-writings-of-john-burroughs/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:04:49 -0400 Thumbnail

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 […]

]]> e5ed56b9050dd40b9b22a3464fd88132 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/02/alice-in-wonderland/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:03:42 -0400 ThumbnailFriday, 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, […]

]]> 7a4d5e30fa35ff7dfe52ba1f82addcaa carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/patti-smiths-just-kids/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:02:40 -0400 Thumbnail
After I finished Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids, I put my hand over my heart and wept. After that, I ordered a dress-form and a swath of gold leather online, dumped all my paints, pencils, brushes and duck […]

]]> c63c458264fa60ddd9552b8f8cc226bf carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/05/behind-the-article-eugene-oneills-tao-house/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:56:33 -0400 ThumbnailAmerican playwright and Nobel laureate Eugene O’Neill endured certain themes in his life and work. O’Neill’s depression and alcoholism may have provided him insight into the human condition and as Victor Walsh, […]

]]> c51a74d6ecc98900a039494216cc9c43 carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/06/behind-the-article-stieg-larssons-sweden/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:56:33 -0400 Thumbnail

Sweden has a long tradition of Scandinavian laws that attempt to enforce social harmony. Literary Traveler and author of our latest article, Andrew Buswell, discuss how art can shed light on a country’s darkest […]

]]> 7ddc567db1d14336067fe0eaadef4c3d carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/11/2176/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:42 -0400 Thumbnail
Please enjoy an accompaniment to Literary Traveler’s November 5th article by Veronica Hackethal, Becoming Dostoyevsky. This addition of Behind The Article is packed with existential quandaries inspired by the man […]

]]> 07db61cb2486e2c310ad31e87447efae carly-cassano wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/11/a-tribute-to-leonard-bernstein-in-somerville-massachusetts/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:54:53 -0400 Thumbnail
Leonard Bernstein was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where his family ran a bookstore. He studied in Boston and Cambridge, as well as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In New York City he became known as a […]

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