Failing Better: On The Tennis Player and The Writer

Failing Better: On The Tennis Player and The Writer

Thomas Swick Examines the Parallels Between Two Joyous (and Thankless) Vocations

By Thomas Swick | September 5, 2025

What the End of <em>The Best American Travel Writing</em> Says About Travel Writing—And About America

What the End of The Best American Travel Writing Says About Travel Writing—And About America

Thomas Swick on the Uncertain Future of a Durable Genre

By Thomas Swick | November 8, 2021

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Towards the Heart of a Book: In Praise of the Epigraph

Thomas Swick on the Importance of the “Ceremonial Gate”

By Thomas Swick | June 23, 2021

Wandering Through Literary Lisbon in Search of Pessoa's Disquiet

Wandering Through Literary Lisbon in Search of Pessoa's Disquiet

Thomas Swick on the Unlikely Success of a Summer Writing Program

By Thomas Swick | June 24, 2020

Standing Room Only: On Overtravel and the Joy of the Unsung

Standing Room Only: On Overtravel and the Joy of the Unsung

Where Do We Go Now?

By Thomas Swick | August 23, 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

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