In honor of Jack Kerouac’s birthday this Saturday, March 12, Time Out New York has a festive tribute to the On the Road author. In a round-up of “the spots where he wrote, drank and jammed” are a jazz joint, his one-time abode, and a few watering holes, including one of our favorites–the White Horse Tavern in Greenwich Village.
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There is a used bookstore in my town that has a table on the sidewalk outside the storefront, and it stops me in my tracks every time I walk by. There is always a fabulous selection of fiction, and today—after browsing for a long time and whittling down the many, many choices—I headed home with these two novels.
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I read VANESSA AND HER SISTER previously on my e-reader, but as soon as I saw it I really wanted this lovely edition for my shelves. The story is told in the form of a diary kept by Virginia Woolf’s sister, Vanessa, beginning at the turn of the 20th century with the formation of the Bloomsbury Group in London.
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THE EYRE AFFAIR has been on my to-read list for a long time. I’m not sure what to expect from classic lit meets science fiction, but it’s time to give it a read.
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#tbt Edith Wharton’s library. The books on the shelves belonged to Wharton, including a copy of THE GOLDEN BOWL inscribed to her by Henry James, her close friend and sometime guest at her Berkshires home. Wharton didn’t work in the library, though, preferring to write in her upstairs bedroom.
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When I posted a giveaway yesterday featuring a copy of NOVEL DESTINATIONS and some other bookish goodies, I asked entrants to share their favorite literary site or one they’d like to visit. I asked this because a) I’m nosy and b) I really like to talk about literary travel. And it has been a ton of fun finding out what destinations are big draws.
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A popular pick is Canada’s Prince Edward Island, home to the spirited Anne of Green Gables. (PEI is high on my must-visit list, too). Some of the many bookish sites in England inspiring wanderlust are Brontë Country—the charming village of Haworth and the atmospheric moors—Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, and the spa town of Bath, home to a reluctant Jane Austen for several years. And two sun-filled locales that are especially appealing for those of us in the freezing northeast U.S.: Hemingway’s abodes in Cuba (I have yet to go) and Key West (been there three times and counting, partly for the cats).
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Just like with books... so many places, so little time! (Giveaway runs through Sunday night.)
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March 11, 2011 at 1:58 am
Gary
Isn’t this the watering hole where Dylan Thomas did his drinking the day he died?
March 14, 2011 at 7:39 pm
noveldestinations
Hi, Gary. Yes, it is where Dylan Thomas drank some ungodly amount of whiskey on the day he died. The White Horse is one of the things I miss most about NYC. No whiskey for me, though. I stayed with beer. — Shannon