Posts Tagged ‘travel writing’
Two Laps Around the World
2007 has been a big year. I recently wrote about the birth of my first child. Now, I’m here with news about a different type of birth – that of my first book. Two Laps Around the World: Tales and Insights from a Life Sabbatical is now on the market. The book is about the experiences that [...]
Finding oneself on Easter Island
Some of the better travel writing on the internet can be found in the Dispatches section of World Hum. The site’s most recent story has Catherine Watson writing about a period of time that she spent on Easter Island. An excerpt: By the time I got to the South Pacific, I was in my early 30s, and I’d [...]
Tony Horwitz talks travel
Tony Horwitz, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic and several other popular travel books, stopped by Rolf Potts’ website recently to talk about travel and travel writing. Some excerpts from his interview: As a traveler and fact/story gatherer, what is your biggest challenge on the road? Wearing down, mentally and physically. Travel [...]
Thoughts on travel from Pico Iyer
There was a wonderful in-depth interview recently on World Hum with the travel writer Pico Iyer. He is the author of Video Night in Kathmandu, Falling Off the Map, and a number of other titles. Some excerts from the interview: How do you think travel writing has evolved over the past 20 or 30 years? I [...]
Travel writing and writers
If you enjoy travel writing, you might want to check out Rolf Potts’ collection of interviews with travel writers on his website. He’s been publishing an interview with a different writer every month for six years now. It’s an interesting site to wander through, reading interviews with your favorite travel writers and with others you may [...]
Traveling to learn
The magazine Transitions Abroad is published for travelers who want to learn about the world through their experiences on the road. It focuses not only on independent travel, but also on studying, working and living abroad. The magazine was founded in 1977 by teacher and journalist Clay Hubbs. This month, he is a featured interviewee [...]
Meeting people, not places
Anyone who has traveled much has no doubt discovered that the best experiences on the road often result from encounters with people rather than places. That point is emphasized again in a recent Washington Post story by travel writer Tahir Shah. In an article about books that inspire wanderlust, Shah recounts a meeting he once had with the legendary [...]
What is good travel writing?
In his ongoing collection of web interviews with travel writers, Rolf Potts this month features Tom Haines, a travel writer with the Boston Globe and the 2005 winner of the Travel Journalist of the Year award. In the interview, Haines offers some opinions on what constitutes good travel writing: I believe good travel writing, as [...]
Literary inspirations to travel
I was intrigued by a recent story in the NY Times about literature that inspires people to travel. The newspaper polled authors for titles that have aroused their wanderlust. It got me to thinking about books I’ve read that fit into that category. Not travel narratives, for they are meant to invoke dreams of the road, but other literature that makes one want to [...]
Being a travel writer
Travel writer Rolf Potts has for several years now been running monthly interviews with fellow writers on his website. This month’s segment is with Amanda Jones. A sample: What is the biggest reward of life as a travel writer? I am one of the richest people I know in experience (with the exception of my [...]
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