Travels in Literature

  • July 22, 2021 Peter LaSalle
    Mural in Cartagena / Photo by Kirk Siang / Flickr In Colombia, the popularity of Gabriel García Márquez rivals that of the country’s most famous soccer players. Could one imagin…
  • February 14, 2018 Erin Donnelly
    photo: republic of korea / flickr “Gleam of ice, and glint of steel, / Jolly, snappy weather; / Glide on ice and joy of zeal, / All, alone, together.” E. E. Cummings, “Skating” The 2…
  • January 24, 2018 Jieun Song
    Browsing the antiquarian book fair / Photo by peter-rabbit / Flickr I loved the quiet places in Kyoto, the places that held the world within a windless moment. Inside the temples, Nature held her…
  • October 10, 2016 Jacob Coleman
    “The best thing about Berlin was that I got to be surrounded by people who pursue their ideas for themselves.” – Agnes Obel Berlin is a city that has been divided, unified, and everything in between.…
  • May 27, 2014 Sarah Smith
    Khachapuri. Photo by Robyn Lee Though the Republic of Georgia has a strong literary past, especially in the medieval era, the Soviet shadow and the country’s singularly difficul…
  • October 2, 2013 Janny Gandhi
    Photo by Antonio Olmedo/Flickr “Johannesburg is referred to as the ‘great city’; this is judged by South African standards. Its population is about 700,000, but it is a fine modern city, to be compar…
  • May 28, 2013 Molly Evans
    “Think of Argentina and it quickly becomes apparent why the country holds travelers in awe. Tango, gauchos, fútbol, Patagonia, the Andes—the classics alone make a formidable wanderlust cocktail.” – Sa…
  • March 28, 2013 Yetunde Adebayo
    “In the city of São Paulo, I propose, identities did not just repeat and move, they simultaneously sprinted and ponderously ran the marathon.”–Discontented Diaspora…
  • March 13, 2013 Kirsten Viohl
    “Below them is a French city, primarily, and English, too, home to countless nationalities, mingling on the one hand, blending languages on the streets, but also carefully guarding their separateness,…
  • February 27, 2013 Yetunde Adebayo
    “Istanbul’s fate is my fate: I am attached to this city because it has made me who I am.” Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk, tr. Maureen Freely   After two Nordic stops, today we…
  • January 30, 2013 WLT
    Helsinki in winter. Photo Anthony Tison/Flickr If you’re like most of us, you’re interested in visiting cities all over the world but unable to do so, or at least do so as much as you’d like. In our…