The Best American Travel Writing

Informationen zum Autor JASON WILSON,  series editor, is the author of Godforsaken Grapes, Boozehound, and The Cider Revival. He is the creator of the newsletter and podcast Everyday Drinking. Wilson has been the series editor of The Best American Travel Writing since its inception in 2000. His work can be found at jasonwilson.com. Klappentext The Best American Series®First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected - and most popular - of its kind.The Best American Travel Writing 2012 includesBryan Curtis, Lynn Freed, J. Malcolm Garcia, Peter Gwin,Pico Iyer, Mark Jenkins, Dimiter Kenarov, Robin Kirk,Kimberly Meyer, Paul Theroux, and others Zusammenfassung The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind. The Best American Travel Writing 2012 includes Bryan Curtis, Lynn Freed, J. Malcolm Garcia, Peter Gwin, Pico Iyer, Mark Jenkins, Dimiter Kenarov, Robin Kirk, Kimberly Meyer, Paul Theroux, and others

Product details

• Authors: Jason Wilson
• Assisted by: William T Vollmann (Editor), William T. Vollmann (Editor), Jason Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.10.2012
• EAN: 9780547808970
• ISBN: 978-0-547-80897-0
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 212 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Best American Travel Writing (; Best American; Best American Travel Writing (; Houghton Mifflin
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Authorship, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Etymology, TRAVEL: Reference, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Writing / Fiction Writing, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Journalism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, EDUCATION: Reference, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES: Linguistics / Semantics