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Zusatztext "One satisfying read after another. Whether consumed cover to cover or savored piece by piece, this newest collection is a worthy addition to travel literature." — Booklist 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 An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra Fuller. BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to recognize this annual volume as the gold standard for excellence in travel writing. Zusammenfassung An eclectic compendium of the best travel writing essays published in 2018, collected by Alexandra Fuller. BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING gathers together a satisfyingly varied medley of perspectives, all exploring what it means to travel somewhere new. For the past two decades, readers have come to recognize this annual volume as the gold standard for excellence in travel writing. Inhaltsverzeichnis ALEXANDRA FULLER: Introduction: Travel in the Time of Awakening STEPHEN BENZ: Overlooking Guantánamo MADDY CROWELL: The Great Divide DAVID FETTLING: Uncomfortable Silences: A Walk in Myanmar ALICE GREGORY: Finished MATT GROSS: How the Chile Pepper Took Over the World RAHAWA HAILE: I Walked from Selma to Montgomery PETER HESSLER: Morsi the Cat CAMERON HEWITT: A Visit to Chernobyl: Travel in the Postapocalypse BROOKE JARVIS: Paper Tiger SAKI KNAFO: Keepers of the Jungle LUCAS LOREDO: Mother Tongue ALEX MACGREGOR: Is This the Most Crowded Island in the World? (And Why That Question Matters) JEFF MACGREGOR: Taming the Lionfish LAUREN MARKHAM: If These Walls Could Talk BEN MAUK: The Floating World DEVON O’NEIL: Irmageddon NICK PAUMGARTEN: Water and the Wall ANNE HELEN PETERSEN: How Nashville Became One Big Bachelorette Party SHANNON SIMS: These Brazilians Traveled 18 Hours on a Riverboat to Vote. I Went with Them. NOAH SNEIDER: Cursed Fields WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN: The End of the Line JASON WILSON: “The Greatest” JESSICA YEN: Tributary JIANYING ZHA: Tourist Trap ...
