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Andrew
June 8, 2025
Bookpacker Blogs
Thalia Perpignan
Pain and Pride

Thalia Perpignan encounters joy and trauma bookpacking Sarah M. Broom’s memoir The Yellow House.

Pain and Pride
May 27, 2025
Bookpacker Blogs
Serina Jain
Old, New, Green, Blue

For Serina Jain, the experience of reading The Awakening in Grand Isle, Louisiana proves immersive and empowering…

Old, New, Green, Blue
May 5, 2025
Bookpacker Blogs
Andrew Huang
Between Chaos and Stillness

Andrew Huang chases the spirit of Holly Golightly through the brownstones of the Upper East Side.

Between Chaos and Stillness
May 2, 2025
Bookpacker Blogs
Katherine Hodges
Rediscovering Eden

Bookpacking the classic Salinas novel gives Katherine Hodges a new appreciation for her Californian hometown.

Rediscovering Eden
May 10, 2024
Bookpacker Blogs
Quinn Booth
Playing the Game

Who says there’s no such thing as a free lunch? Quinn Booth gets lucky chasing the Hollywood Dream.

Playing the Game
Andrew Chater
June 14, 2019

The Last Frontier of Bohemia

Andrew Chater
June 14, 2019
The Last Frontier of Bohemia

Faulkner’s early novel Mosquitoes is catty, caustic fun - a savage satire on the bohemian culture of New Orleans.

Tagged: New Orleans, AC Nola Blog, AC USA Blog

Andrew Chater
April 3, 2019

Abbey's Country

Andrew Chater
April 3, 2019
Abbey's Country

Reading Desert Solitaire in the Canyonlands invites challenging reflections on our relationship with the American wilderness.

Tagged: The West, AC USA Blog

Andrew Chater
April 2, 2019
Bookpacker Blogs

Hayduke Lives!

Andrew Chater
April 2, 2019
Bookpacker Blogs
Hayduke Lives!

‘The Monkey Wrench Gang’ is a ‘70s eco-activist novel asking prescient questions about the corporate despoliation of the West.

Tagged: The West, AC USA Blog

Juliette Bolea
December 10, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs

Canal Vision

Juliette Bolea
December 10, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs
Canal Vision

Venice, CA is the setting for Kate Braverman’s grunge classic ‘Lithium for Medea’

Tagged: Los Angeles, Southern California, Student LA Blog

Eva Isakovic
December 10, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs

Horror and History

Eva Isakovic
December 10, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs
Horror and History

Dare you sleep in Room 217? Bookpacking The Shining isn’t for the faint of heart. By Eva Isakovic

Tagged: The West, Student USA Blog

Elliott Arnold
December 10, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs

Going Postal

Elliott Arnold
December 10, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs
Going Postal

Bookpacking Bukowski in the city he called home

Tagged: Los Angeles, Southern California, Student LA Blog

Brianna Doyle
November 26, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs

Pond Life

Brianna Doyle
November 26, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs
Pond Life

A Thanksgiving walk in the footsteps of Thoreau

Tagged: New England, Student USA Blog

Bookpackers
June 20, 2018
News, AC overview NOLA 2018

New Orleans 2018

Bookpackers
June 20, 2018
News, AC overview NOLA 2018
New Orleans 2018

The 2018 BOOKPACKERS USC ‘Maymester’ to New Orleans was a vibrant and soul-stirring experience

Andrew Chater
May 25, 2018
Andrew NOLA 2018, On the Road Feed

Searching for Buddy Bolden

Andrew Chater
May 25, 2018
Andrew NOLA 2018, On the Road Feed
Searching for Buddy Bolden

Andrew reads Michael Ondaatje’s Coming Through Slaughter in Central City, New Orleans.

Tagged: New Orleans, AC Nola Blog, AC USA Blog

Joey Scavone
May 2, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs

A Few Counties for Old Men

Joey Scavone
May 2, 2018
Bookpacker Blogs
A Few Counties for Old Men

Joey Scavone reads Cormac McCarthy on a road trip through West Texas.

Tagged: The West, Student USA Blog

Andrew Chater
November 28, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed

Portland Dreaming

Andrew Chater
November 28, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed
Portland Dreaming

In Ursula K. Le Guin's classic sci-fi novel 'The Lathe of Heaven', Portland is a dream city, endlessly re-imagined

Tagged: Portland, Oregon, The Lathe of Heaven, Ursula K. Le Guin, AC USA Blog

Bookpackers
November 26, 2017
Media

NPR - The Grapes of Wrath

Bookpackers
November 26, 2017
Media
NPR - The Grapes of Wrath

Andrew talks all things Steinbeck for an NPR documentary.

Tagged: LA Theatre Works, The Grapes of Wrath, NPR

Colin Burrows
November 14, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, USA, On the Road Feed

Savannah Souvenir

Colin Burrows
November 14, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, USA, On the Road Feed
Savannah Souvenir

Guest blogger Colin Burrows tests his memory in Georgia's most bookpacker-friendly city

Tagged: Savannah, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt, Colin Burrows, The Deep South

Andrew Chater
June 10, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed

Vibrations of the Soul

Andrew Chater
June 10, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed
Vibrations of the Soul

A bookpacking experience in Cajun Louisiana

Tagged: Cajun, Louisiana, Tim Gautreaux, Cajun Music, Tom's Fiddle and Bow, Evangeline, Longfellow, Arnaudville, St Martinville, Andrew Chater, The Deep South, AC Nola Blog, AC USA Blog

Andrew Chater
June 6, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed

A Lesson Before Dying

Andrew Chater
June 6, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed
A Lesson Before Dying

Celebrated author Ernest J. Gaines recalls his sharecropper childhood and escaping the Jim Crow South

Tagged: Ernest J. Gaines, A Lesson Before Dying, New Roads, Pointe Coupée, Segregation, Incarceration, Andrew Chater, Louisiana, The Deep South, AC Nola Blog, AC USA Blog

Andrew Chater
June 5, 2017
On the Road Feed, Bookpacker Blogs

The Roar

Andrew Chater
June 5, 2017
On the Road Feed, Bookpacker Blogs
The Roar

The political thriller 'All the King's Men' is a cautionary tale for Trump's America

Tagged: All The King's Men, Huey Long, Willie Stark, Robert Penn Warren, Donald Trump, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Capitol, Bookpackers, Bookpacking, Andrew Chater, Louisiana, The Deep South, AC Nola Blog, AC USA Blog

Andrew Chater
June 4, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed

Of Dunces and Daiquiris

Andrew Chater
June 4, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed
Of Dunces and Daiquiris

'A Confederacy of Dunces' captures the exuberant spirit of Bourbon Street

Tagged: A Confederacy of Dunces, Ignatius J. Reilly, Bourbon Street, New Orleans, Irish Channel, John Kennedy Toole, Andrew Chater, AC Nola Blog, AC USA Blog

Andrew Chater
June 3, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed

Whitman's Oak

Andrew Chater
June 3, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed
Whitman's Oak

A poem by Walt Whitman speaks for troubled times

Tagged: Walt Whitman, Andrew Chater

Andrew Chater
May 23, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed

Lestat's New Orleans

Andrew Chater
May 23, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed
Lestat's New Orleans

‘Interview With the Vampire’ is a rich slice of gothic - and a perfect guidebook to New Orleans

Tagged: New Orleans, Interview With The Vampire, Anne Rice, Bookpacking, French Quarter, Andrew Chater, AC Nola Blog, AC USA Blog

Andrew Chater
May 16, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed

Grand Isle Awakenings

Andrew Chater
May 16, 2017
Bookpacker Blogs, On the Road Feed
Grand Isle Awakenings

Kick off your shoes and get the sand between your toes - a new Bookpackers journey begins

Tagged: Grand Isle, Louisiana, The Awakening, Kate Chopin, Andrew Chater

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