Literary Traveler Network | jessicaellenmonk | Activity https://www.literarytraveler.net/members/jessicaellenmonk/activity/ Activity feed for jessicaellenmonk. Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:29:53 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 8f4a9e65a39e32a2df62bf235014f3e7 jessicaellenmonk wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2013/07/one-in-a-million-words-to-celebrate-the-4th-of-july/ Thu, 04 Jul 2013 17:46:43 -0400 ThumbnailLike 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 when individuality […]

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Did you know that F. Scott Fitzgerald was distantly related to the man who composed “The Star-Spangled Banner?” That, in fact, he was named after him?

I didn’t – Though, of course, Fitzgerald geeks are […]

]]> feb68e924b7a884647bfc158a5d8fc60 jessicaellenmonk wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2013/05/a-new-take-on-dramatic-adaptation-the-great-gatsby-opera/ Fri, 17 May 2013 18:20:13 -0400 ThumbnailGone are the days when literature fans were ranting traditionalists, decrying other media besides quill and parchment.  These days we’re as much dependent on the screen to feed our reading habits as anyone […]

]]> acc97b49b0dbb29669e1fdc10bc226b2 jessicaellenmonk wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2013/01/the-siberian-mammoth-an-unexpected-guide-to-cubas-revolutionary-past/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:46:47 -0500 ThumbnailThe 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 relationship with the country. For the puzzled […]

]]> 543b9458f835ff04969d2e7cd586a34d jessicaellenmonk wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2013/01/fauxscar-nominee-les-miserables/ Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:09:04 -0500 ThumbnailStrictly speaking, Les Misérables is not a Literary Adaption: it’s based on the musical – not the Victor Hugo novel. The story has travelled far since it was first published in France. It’s always been a big, […]

]]> dde77d75e1105b70cca00c71c1325aac jessicaellenmonk wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/12/the-bazaar-and-the-beautiful-at-the-boston-international-book-fair/ Mon, 03 Dec 2012 00:38:36 -0500 ThumbnailIn these days of instant information, it’s not often that readers get to indulge their fascination with physical books as objects of desire. At first glance, the 36th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair […]

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From Proust’s Madeleines to William Faulkner’s Mint Juleps, great literature has always influenced readers’ experiences of food. What literary geek doesn’t drink a Papa Doble and think about Hemingway’s famed […]

]]> df0428429bf16182728707c51568d64a jessicaellenmonk commented on the post, Mercy Brown: American Vampire, on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/10/mercy-brown-american-vampire/#comment-414 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:57:37 -0400 Hi Sarah, glad you enjoyed the post. Researching it was a revelation for me – especially being from Ireland. I was persuaded that this part of the world could ‘out-gothic’ any mysterious part of Eastern Europe. It […]

]]> 69d9662155cc8cc8ff89f7d7e905ef91 jessicaellenmonk 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 16:04:15 -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 […]

]]> 5002ec132f4f41afebdd6de0b977aebb jessicaellenmonk wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/10/living-literary-history-at-hawthornes-the-house-of-the-seven-gables/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:27:07 -0400 ThumbnailLocated on the waterfront in Salem, Massachusetts, The House of the Seven Gables is a higgledy-piggledy pile of secret staircases, parlors and garrets – an eccentric collage architectural styles that has borne the […]

]]> dd45583eb512e3614fcd133750f02add jessicaellenmonk wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/10/interview-with-linda-olle-author-of-upper-east-side-cookbook-series/ Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:14:23 -0400 ThumbnailLinda Olle’s alter ego Parsley Cresswell is an intriguing character. Glamorous, yet frugal, evasive, yet conspiratorial, she’s the perfect guide to New York’s Upper East Side. Like Parsley, Olle is an avid birder, […]

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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 to this retreat […]

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