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On Bringing the World of Harry Potter to Life in... Florida

On Bringing the World of Harry Potter to Life in... Florida

“Smellitzer—like a Howitzer, but this fires smells instead of shells...”

By Stephen M. Silverman | June 14, 2019

Inside the Great Bookstores of Paris

Inside the Great Bookstores of Paris

From a Canadian-Owned Labyrinth to an All-Jules Verne Store

By Nichole Robertson | June 12, 2019

Trying to Get Beyond the Cliches of Literary Brooklyn

Trying to Get Beyond the Cliches of Literary Brooklyn

Richard Kreitner Visits the Stomping Grounds of Whitman, Moore, and Many Others

By Richard Kreitner | June 7, 2019

The Cold War Love Story of a Would-Be Travel Writer/Almost-Spy

The Cold War Love Story of a Would-Be Travel Writer/Almost-Spy

Thomas Swick's Tough Choices in 1978 Warsaw

By Thomas Swick | June 4, 2019

Pablo Neruda's Life as a Struggling Poet in Sri Lanka

Pablo Neruda's Life as a Struggling Poet in Sri Lanka

A Young Poet's Adventures in the Foreign Service

By Jamie James | June 3, 2019

Hiking Cormac McCarthy's Western Wilderness During an Immigration Crisis

Hiking Cormac McCarthy's Western Wilderness During an Immigration Crisis

Raksha Vasudevan on Coming Face-to-Face With the Myths that Make America

By Raksha Vasudevan | May 28, 2019

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5 Reasons a Writer Should Move to Baltimore

By Danielle Evans | May 22, 2019

Trying to Figure Out Bruce Chatwin's Unpublished
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By Jeremy Klemin | May 20, 2019

Win an organic farm in upstate New York by... writing an essay?

By Corinne Segal | May 15, 2019

Gabriel García Márquez on<br> Life in 1950s Paris

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City of Light, City of Darkness

By Gabriel García Márquez | May 14, 2019

Balancing Power in the Lebanese Borderlands

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Alev Scott at the Edge of a Syrian Refugee Camp in Arsal

By Alev Scott | May 9, 2019

Revolutionary Travel Writer <br>Georg Forster's Passionate Beginnings

Revolutionary Travel Writer
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"Without experience... We can possess no knowledge of the world."

By Jürgen Goldstein | May 6, 2019

From Sally Rooney to John Cheever, 6 Unforgettable Fictional Vacations

From Sally Rooney to John Cheever, 6 Unforgettable Fictional Vacations

Chip Cheek Recommends Some Vicarious Travel

By Chip Cheek | May 2, 2019

How to Be a Normal Person <br>in Hollywood

How to Be a Normal Person
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A Humble Writer Reports From the Land of Movie Stars

By Melanie Benjamin | April 25, 2019

Finding My Character's Home <br>on Google Street View

Finding My Character's Home
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Lydia Fitzpatrick Wanders Through the Arctic Circle

By Lydia Fitzpatrick | April 24, 2019

Can You Save a Dying Italian Town with the Art of Storytelling?

Can You Save a Dying Italian Town with the Art of Storytelling?

"Rosarno now exists at the margin of a margin..."

By Alessandra Bergamin | April 23, 2019

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