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This past March, Grantland sent writer Brian Phillips to follow the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska's famous 1000-mile feat of endurance, by bush plane. The resulting story, Out in the Great Alone, comes with all sorts of online design bells and whistles—embedded audio and video, and a map that updates itself as you scroll through the narrative. But what I liked best about it was its emphasis on place, not so much on the ins and outs of the race itself but on the landscapes and ... Quick Read |
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Veteran travel writer Matt Gross has just released his first book: “The Turk Who Loved Apples,' a collection of never-before-published stories about his life as a traveler. Gross is a former Frugal Traveler columnist for the New York Times—he's also an occasional contributor to World Hum. The Portland Book Review ... Quick Read |
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In the wake of last week's sequester-driven air travel delays, Jalopnik looks back at a short-lived 1981 strike by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization, better known as PATCO. It's a fascinating case study. Here's writer Michael Ballaban:
As soon as the strike began, airlines reported losing $30 million a day. PATCO predicted insanity, with planes crashing into each other, hundreds, perhaps thousands (millions? billions?) of flights cancelled, and women and children crying and ... Quick Read |
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In the latest AFAR, longtime World Hum contributor David Farley goes to the world's caffeine heartland: Ethiopia. Here's Farley:
Coffee is to Ethiopia what hops are to Bohemia or grapes to Bordeaux. That is, coffee is almost everything, from the cornerstone of the community's economic fortunes to the lifeblood of its social relations. Java drinking is so deeply rooted here that Azeb was dumbstruck that I could have lived 40 years on the planet never having seen what coffee looks like before ... Quick Read |
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In the Washington Post, veteran travel writer Tom Haines ponders the rise of the free hotel breakfast—specifically, the dominance of the DIY waffle maker—and what it means for travelers. “This is comfort without community,' he writes, “as the mood in these hotel breakfast rooms feels neither home nor away. There's an isolation-among-the-crowd sense in the breakfast area that resembles that of an airline terminal: Everyone alone together while waiting to move on.' He goes ... Quick Read |
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The May issue of Outside includes a gripping story, Rocketing Into the Great Unknown, about a 1983 speed run through the Grand Canyon. The river was in full flood—there was so much water, the Glen Canyon dam was at risk—when three experienced river guides decided to attempt the run in a wooden dory. The resulting story, an excerpt from Kevin Fedarko's forthcoming book “The Emerald Mile,' is a page turner. Here's a taste:
And now he waited for it. At the top of every rapid, a ... Quick Read |
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Yep. All 900,000 of them. That's what artist James Gulliver Hancock is trying to do, and a book containing 500 of his completed drawings has just been released, All the Buildings in New York: That I've Drawn So Far.
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Vanity Fair's Juli Weiner has a bone to pick with the NYT's latest “36 Hours in…' travel feature. “We are very aware of the fact that The New York Times is an internationally read newspaper,' she writes, “and that many subscribers probably do live a short drive from Taipei, but does The New York Times recognize that ... many subscribers would have to travel for 36 hours just to reach Taipei?'
Weiner offers up a revised version of the itinerary. It's funny and, at times, ... Quick Read |
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The film critic with the famous thumbs died last week at age 70. He was a TV host, author, and—later in his life—a prolific blogger and Twitter user. He was also, as Meg Nesterov points out over at Gadling, an occasional travel writer. Here's her roundup of his best travel-focused work.
Esquire has made its 2010 profile of Roger Ebert freely available online. It's worth your time.
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The celebrated Nigerian writer has died at the age of 82.
He was best known for his novel “Things Fall Apart,' which is about the clash of traditional Nigerian culture with the arrival of bibles and British colonial rule. When the novel turned 50 in 2008, Frank Bures reflected on its impact and the world Achebe evoked.
The publication of “Things Fall Apart' is often cited as the birth of modern African literature, and since its publication the book has sold some 11 million copies ... Quick Read |
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