#frictional reading

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 7.06 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑷𝒕 2: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒙

What happens to a real, working community when a fictional landscape is physically constructed on top of it?

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 7.06 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑷𝒕 2: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒂 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒙

What happens to a real, working community when a fictional landscape is physically constructed on top of it?

We discover the socio-economic friction behind literary travel, contrasting the magical ideals of Gabriel García Márquez’s Macondo with the unpaved streets of Aracataca, Colombia. Behind the “front stage” of tourist attractions are bulldozers, evictions, and even a violent army.

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - "𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑷𝒕. 1 - 𝑨𝒖𝒓𝒂 & 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚"

Why do we drive thousands of miles just to touch the wooden beams of an author's birthplace?

From Poe's Baltimore to PEI and Waywords's own Waterford, MI, we consider what it takes to build a literary destination and how this works to undermine the very real need for we travelers to cross the threshold from the literary into the physical. Is there a way to thwart the hucksters of simulations? Perhaps!

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑳𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝑷𝒓. 2: 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏

Who carries the weight of our leisure?

Some readings from the past by thoughtful and resilient women! Take in some early writing of place and circumstance, journals and reflections which reflect the jarring collisions between our travel expectations and the realities we meet. More, we learn that an adaptable attitude and skeptical eye are essential tools.

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 7.02 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒕 2: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝑹𝒐𝒂𝒅

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑓𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑟?

Follow the 17th-century footsteps of Matsuo Basho to interrogate the gap between curated tourist destinations  and the open-ended, ego-stripping realities of true travel. Can we ever truly encounter a sovereign landscape, or do our books merely wrap the earth in a comforting postcard illusion?

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/grand-tours-pt-2-bat-on-the-narrow-road

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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑬𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒅𝒆 - 7.01 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝑷𝒕 1: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏

When we make the pilgrimage to our favorite literary site, are we consuming an authentic place, or are we participating in a beautifully staged performance designed around our own expectations? In this opening episode of Journey 7: Literary Tourism and Anne of Green Gables, we consider the "tourist gaze."

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