Literary Traveler Network | katykelleher | Activity https://www.literarytraveler.net/members/katykelleher/activity/ Activity feed for katykelleher. Sun, 27 Nov 2022 19:29:53 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 dd7d77052ef3ffed9280b3cda2885976 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/12/fauxscars-review-anna-karenina/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:38:07 -0500 Great film adaptations of classic novels are all alike; every junk Hollywood movie is terrible in its own way. Which way will the 2012 adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina go? We don’t know yet, but I […]

]]> acb43489204f4d5ea9174512a925e31d katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2012/12/fauxscars-review-the-hobbit/ Fri, 28 Dec 2012 16:29:07 -0500 ThumbnailWhen Peter Jackson took on the gargantuan task of adapting Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series for film, he sparked fear and excitement in the minds of million fans. There are few series quite as beloved amongst […]

]]> 17fb1f38974273bbc367982b240e24ec katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/epiphany-in-the-monastery-hermann-hesse-in-maulbronn/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:03:42 -0400 ThumbnailOften 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 […]

]]> 4c17600965ade9ccd615d2311af22f9b katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/long-strange-trip-visiting-monks-reading-merton-in-kentucky/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:03:42 -0400 ThumbnailIt 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 […]

]]> 505809180f8be9ec7957c3434c4d6f6c katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:03:42 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, starting this week, the staff at Literary Traveler will gather up the relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

Will the iPad […]

]]> 533fbba393078d2c747e931cdd1a4ba2 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/flower-power-ken-kesey-and-the-lasting-allure-of-1960s-america/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:03:42 -0400 ThumbnailMore than any other decade, the 1960’s have come to represent an almost mythical time in American history.  Perhaps this is why we return to them, again and again, in books, movies, and song.  The nostalgia for […]

]]> cc7ab7e3d9771c3596141911fdb89bdf katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-2/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:02:40 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler will gather up the relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

The American Book Review asked […]

]]> 9646892a8e5ad63f6f4c97b9bb200242 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/mad-men-a-look-at-mainstream-america-the-1960s-and-the-american-dream/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:02:40 -0400 Thumbnail

We recently covered one aspect of 1960s society with our article on counter-culture and the influence of writer and merry prankster Ken Kesey.  This week we turn to AMC’s hit television show Mad Men to help […]

]]> f3437efe4109c5e4b598e4732405f738 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/03/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-3/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:02:40 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up the relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

In her piece on the immensely […]

]]> 205f0d434890d21fc135b19b3e1ec31a katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/two-trips-to-paris-with-henry-miller/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:02:39 -0400 ThumbnailReading our newest feature article, on Henry Miller’s Paris, I couldn’t help but feel that it had been written just for me.  I am sitting on my roof as I write this, soaking in the early spring sun.  Today the […]

]]> d4fb0fada78206a45ba98ed67baaf535 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-4/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:37 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up the relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

Short story writers, get your pens […]

]]> 696a6f42745cb148463c2478920b6b42 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-5/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:37 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

Let’s start off with the biggest story […]

]]> 1ce061fdbd25a9e1b33d62438e440fa9 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/the-legend-and-letters-of-mariana-alcoforado/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:37 -0400 ThumbnailWe’ve entered an era where much of our correspondence occurs over e-mail and cellphones; we are not without words, but our words are generally without object.  The things we write to one and other are disembodied, […]

]]> 0b3caea9918ca34257dabbfe7490c876 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/the-chimera-traveling-to-turkey-searching-for-orpheus/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:37 -0400 ThumbnailSpring has sprung, and with it, my wanderlust has returned.  Not satisfied with the budding beauty of the Cambridge spring, I have begun to look abroad for inspiration.  Itching for summer, I wonder what the air […]

]]> 762a0a64a96285a25c3a2141e81dece3 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-6/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:37 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

Today is a day of great literary […]

]]> 949682d2bde3768e4b6ceb69396a7cac katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/04/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-7/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:37 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

An interesting piece from the […]

]]> 402c228ce8332b7aa2c459d795e17a03 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/05/connecting-the-dots-under-the-tuscan-sun-new-moon-and-a-visit-to-montepulciano/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:01:37 -0400 ThumbnailI am, it must be said, a good patriot.  I love my country and adore all things American.  However, America, beautiful as it may be, lacks a certain something. We might have wilderness and amber waves of grain, but […]

]]> e4dbb60e618ae7161a4c5d75fc5796a8 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/05/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-8/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:44 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

We’ve seen a lot of interesting […]

]]> 67b074bbdca0dc7801128002f7dfa64e katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/05/edith-wartons-morocco-a-literary-trip-through-fez/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:44 -0400 ThumbnailIn high school, my favorite teacher, Miss Reynolds, once told our class that F. Scott Fitzgerald was famous for writing “the perfect sentence.”  I knew immediately what she meant.  While some authors are masters […]

]]> e8e7df0834ef3357d235589a664822fc katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/05/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-10/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:44 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

Last Friday we sang the […]

]]> 4aa66f5fb483721bc664fdb963388879 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/05/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-11/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:44 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

By now, most of us […]

]]> bf8126cfc33c666e44177f33197acacb katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/06/restless-in-lisbon-on-fernando-pessoa-and-wanderlust/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:43 -0400 ThumbnailOur newest feature article, on Fernando Pessoa, not only made me want to take off for Lisbon, but it also reawakened a train of thought I had shelved since returning from Europe.  I’ve often wondered if people can […]

]]> aa10f35ecdbe831129b3dce277b4f7bb katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/06/history-and-the-self-exploring-sardinia-with-antonio-gramsci/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:43 -0400 ThumbnailLike many children, I used to imagine secretly that I was adopted.  Growing up with two brothers and a tomboy sister, I often felt displaced, as though I had no business being part of the busy crowd that filled […]

]]> 2eb648cb5dde1b049f4931b3bf06d7ce katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/06/friday-links-book-news-from-around-the-internet-12/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:00:43 -0400 ThumbnailEvery Friday, the staff at Literary Traveler gathers up relevant book news from around the web, bringing it together in a handy post for book lovers to peruse.  Enjoy!

Can’t get enough […]

]]> 1f0bba177f8d861c46d859bbee30bf3d katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/07/rachel-blaustein-and-the-poetry-of-israel/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:57:31 -0400 ThumbnailIsrael holds a very special place in the American cultural consciousness.  For many, it is a holy land, a promised place where they will finally be accepted.  It is a place for pilgrimages and coming-of-age […]

]]> fa2f35fb2e22d285ff8c3c513cce5b1e katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/07/reading-mark-twain-on-a-summer-day/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:57:31 -0400 ThumbnailToday, in honor the holiday and the long weekend, I’ve decided to forgo Friday links and instead focus on one of my favorite American authors: Mark Twain.

For a lot of people, “summer reading” means one of two […]

]]> 130d17c6060b5dbf6fd0620dbfb56a26 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/07/exploring-the-amazon-with-some-help-from-ayahuasca/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:57:31 -0400 ThumbnailI’ve always thought that one of the most wonderful things about traveling is how it pushes us to new experiences, to try things we never could have predicted we would do.  As cliche as it may sound, travel does […]

]]> 0005db2191aa93bbce2e26ec1a2ef480 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/07/new-season-of-mad-men-returns-to-amc/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:57:31 -0400 ThumbnailTimes, they are a-changin’.  At least, things are changing pretty rapidly for the characters of Mad Men, AMC’s hit drama about advertising executives. For those not in the know, the show, follows Don Draper and […]

]]> f63da950968622d28edcd24344f88f77 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/08/chelsea-clinton-uses-leo-marks-poem-at-rhinebeck-wedding/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:57:31 -0400 This weekend, America had the closest thing we’ve ever had to a royal wedding.  While we don’t normally cover political nuptials on Literary Traveler, one detail of Chelsea Clinton’s wedding stood out to me: Her […]

]]> 4602064ab16240e2c1dc88643596c66f katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/08/visiting-cairo-with-naguib-mahfouz/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:57:31 -0400 ThumbnailThe relationship between book and the physical world is one of equal exchange and opportunity.  Often we take to the written world to better understand things in the physical world, but just as often we take to […]

]]> 3f7ea48908c710a99f9d53f56f2e19f2 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/08/chasing-che-guevara-in-bolivia/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailOur newest feature article takes us somewhere hot, somewhere new, somewhere a little bit dirty and a little bit dangerous: the back roads of Bolivia.

Author Stephen Eisenhammer decides to follow the trail of his […]

]]> 73c23499924d2c6146246496433cffb9 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/08/eat-pray-love-hits-theaters-friday/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailAs I’m sure everyone has heard, Eat, Pray, Love hits theaters this Friday.  In case there is anyone unfamiliar with this cultural phenomenon, Eat, Pray, Love follows the protagonist, played by the always gorgeous […]

]]> 65e5d837723fc149fbd834333360360a katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/08/coming-to-terms-with-the-e-reader/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailI’ve heard critics of the e-reader mention everything from the death of book publishing to the strain on our eyes as their reasons for eschewing this new technology.  They scoff at the tidy little devices, the […]

]]> e50d7d1f3f514b9e2d1692fa5c4a944f katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/09/weekend-getaway-roughing-it-in-maine-and-new-hampshire/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailLike my fellow Literary Traveler blogger Ashley, I’ve been on a rather tight budget this summer.  This does not jive well with my near-constant need to get out of the city, to always be going, going, gone.  […]

]]> 289bb6324c27a8cb638cf0009fa3730d katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/09/visiting-the-leper-colony-at-spinalonga-with-victoria-hislop/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailThere are many places in the world that stand testimony to the suffering of previous generations.  From the gates of Auschwitz to the  Vietnam memorial, we remember those who we have lost through the objects that […]

]]> 27b1db3d3ddbe1cb7c2795d045f71617 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/09/announcement-literary-traveler-goes-dark-for-october/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailIn the rich literary tradition of America, tales of the supernatural have always occupied a special place. Stories of the fantastic and the unreal have not only entered our imaginations, tainting the way we think […]

]]> 304697c6499291e95c157e89fed9e6f1 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/09/literary-traveler-goes-to-the-wilderness-of-iceland-with-jules-verne/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailEver since the era of the Romantics, the western world has been rather obsessed with nature and its violence.  Adventurers and writers alike – though, as we well know, these are often one in the same – chase […]

]]> c60c1b9dff631b7b4400dd07d446cf00 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/10/literature-from-the-lab-an-intellectual-friendship-in-california/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:56:44 -0400 ThumbnailTrue to the saying, great minds often do think alike.  They also share, borrow, and sometimes steal from one another. Picasso once said that “bad artists copy, great artists steal.”  I don’t if this statement […]

]]> 738c4ee041a091f6b514293079f58f27 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/10/the-kindness-of-strangers-couch-surfing-and-meditating-in-hervey-bay/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:55:28 -0400 ThumbnailLiterary Traveler always benefits from the addition of new voices.  Today, we are excited to welcome Elisha Adey to our community.  Elisha is an experienced traveler – she has backpacked all over Europe and […]

]]> 756edf77ba3524f5bcf6a5486965fcab katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/10/fall-rituals-apple-picking-in-stow-massachusetts/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:55:28 -0400 ThumbnailFor as long as I can remember, autumn has always been my favorite season. I love Halloween, the lengthening evenings, and the way dead leaves crunch underfoot. I love the colors of New England fall, all blazing […]

]]> fc92c43f56c254264953b8083280fdd2 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2010/10/edward-goreys-creepy-cape-cod/ Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:55:28 -0400 ThumbnailReading this week’s feature article, on Edward Gorey’s creepy Cape Cod, I was put in mind of a book I once saw during one of my many trips to upstate New York.

I first went to visit the Clermont mansion in […]

]]> 7fff206b62dacada296bddc8b247f9e9 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/06/museum-of-fine-arts-recognizes-nazi-seized-piece-in-permanent-collection/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:56:33 -0400 Thumbnail

On Monday, the Museum of Fine Arts announced plans to make restitution to the heir of a Jewish art dealer killed in the Holocaust after determining that a 17th century Dutch painting housed in the permanent […]

]]> 4afc4935fa90a2032416ff6fe254c075 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/07/jessica-hische-designs-for-barnes-noble-classics/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 ThumbnailThough I love paperbacks and adore my Kindle, there is nothing that feels quite as literary, quite as solid and impressive, as a leather-bound book. I’ll admit, my current collection is made primarily of used […]

]]> 9a90cd0d0b9311f8c77042c5bfa21e4b katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/07/upcoming-exhibitions-andy-goldsworthy-at-the-decordova-sculpture-park/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 Thumbnail

I was introduced to the art of Andy Goldsworthy when I was eight years old. I was staying at a friend’s house overnight for a giggly, girly sleepover that we expected to last all night. After my friend fell […]

]]> f3973292fd5292baf95e9b84583fdf65 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/07/boston-has-fewer-bookstores-than-columbus-ohio/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 Thumbnail

In the past few months, two bookstores in my neighborhood have closed their doors. This might not be a surprise, considering the dire state of brick-and-motor stores around the country, but I happen to live in […]

]]> 216f268ca09f606c1f0e1f33f57617c5 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/07/site-of-iconic-wyeth-painting-named-national-landmark/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 ThumbnailAndrew Wyeth’s art is quiet. In contrast to many of his contemporaries, whose works scream out for attention through bright colors and bold shapes (Rothko and Mondrian), or seduce with lush layers of paint and […]

]]> 3c2922a30c1c382b78f47cf2b63c8b1b katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/07/rest-in-peace-lucian-freud/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 Thumbnail

Last week, Lucian Freud, one of the greatest painters of the 20th century, and grandson of Sigmund Freud, passed away in his London home. He was 88.

With a family history like his, it isn’t surprising that […]

]]> 342b7342a50c9e648f1489e20ff445e3 katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/10/queen-mary-2-a-transatlantic-literary-tour/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 Thumbnail

Last summer, your editors at Literary Traveler were lucky enough to cross the Atlantic on the majestic and elegant Queen Mary 2. The week-long Transatlantic cruise offered most everything we overworked writers […]

]]> e98a5acc04df8d6143ba76b74ac37a9a katykelleher wrote a new post on the site Literary Traveler Network http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/2011/10/literary-traveler-talks-to-bill-bryson/ Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:55:43 -0400 ThumbnailThere are few writers who can so seamlessly marry information with a strongly absurdest sense of humor. Bill Bryson is one of those rare authors. Unlike the dry, factual essayists we read in school, Bryson’s books […]

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“Publication was never my initial objective,” admits British author Joanne Harris. “I kept writing because I liked it, and on some level I guess I had to do it… but when my first book was published, I was […]

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