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An Excellent View of Oblivion: On Italy’s Vanishing Towns

An Excellent View of Oblivion: On Italy’s Vanishing Towns

Dominic Smith Considers Desertion, Both Physical and Emotional

By Dominic Smith | June 13, 2023

“The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets

“The Land of the Muses.” How Sardinia Became Italy’s Island of Poets

Jeff Biggers on the Centuries-Old Tradition of Poetry in Sardinia

By Jeff Biggers | May 25, 2023

The Advanced Guard of Tourism: Tracing a Direct Line Between the Lonely Planet Travel Guides and <em>The Beach</em>

The Advanced Guard of Tourism: Tracing a Direct Line Between the Lonely Planet Travel Guides and The Beach

James Brooke-Smith on Backpackers and Globalization in the 1990s

By James Brooke-Smith | May 5, 2023

What Lies Behind the Postcard: Jasmin Iolani Hakes on the New Meaning of Summer Reading

What Lies Behind the Postcard: Jasmin Iolani Hakes on the New Meaning of Summer Reading

“Novels have the ability to transport, but they can also deepen our understanding of a place in a way that is difficult to replicate.”

By Jasmin Iolani Hakes | May 3, 2023

You Can Hate Leaving Your Child, and Be Glad You Went

You Can Hate Leaving Your Child, and Be Glad You Went

“I would be a different kind of mother if I didn’t get on that plane."

By Mary Louise Kelly | April 19, 2023

Is the Past a Literary Genre Unto Itself?

Is the Past a Literary Genre Unto Itself?

Sophie Mackintosh Speculates on the Nature of Historical Speculation

By Sophie MacKintosh | April 13, 2023

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72 Hours in Seattle: Where to Eat, Drink, and Visit During AWP 2023

By Literary Hub | March 7, 2023

The Day Explorers Finally Found One of the World’s Great Lost Shipwrecks

By Mensun Bound | March 3, 2023

“Where You Been? Why You Back? What You Doin Now?” Lakiesha Carr on Returning Home to Write

By Lakiesha Carr | March 2, 2023

In Search of Clear, Night Skies: On Preserving Earth’s Darkest Places

In Search of Clear, Night Skies: On Preserving Earth’s Darkest Places

Johan Eklöf Sheds Some Light on the Rise of Astrotourism

By Johan Eklöf | February 15, 2023

Bob Thompson Gets Into His Gas-Guzzling VW in Search of the American War of Independence

Bob Thompson Gets Into His Gas-Guzzling VW in Search of the American War of Independence

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 8, 2023

Surrounded by Wonders: Pico Iyer in Kashmir

Surrounded by Wonders: Pico Iyer in Kashmir

"Kashmir became a shorthand for the contention that festers between neighbors whom Empire has cynically divided."

By Pico Iyer | January 11, 2023

Why Travel Writing is a Form of Memoir and How Covid Has Changed How We See the World

Why Travel Writing is a Form of Memoir and How Covid Has Changed How We See the World

Pico Iyer in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | January 6, 2023

How Airports Liberate—and Constrain—Those Who Pass Through Them

How Airports Liberate—and Constrain—Those Who Pass Through Them

“In the airport, we are all divorced from whoever we were previously.”

By Rhian Sasseen | December 20, 2022

Jan Morris Talks Travel, Dictionaries, and Other People’s Diaries

Jan Morris Talks Travel, Dictionaries, and Other People’s Diaries

Paul Clements in Conversation with the Late, Great Travel Writer

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Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile

Why New York Should Be Savored on Foot Rather Than From an Automobile

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