Book Details
Edited by professional adventurer and National Book Award–winner William T. Vollmann, this collection delivers an eclectic batch of the year’s most exhilarating travel writing from Bryan Curtis, Lynn Freed, J. Malcolm Garcia, Peter Gwin, Pico Iyer, Mark Jenkins, Dimiter Kenarov, Robin Kirk, Kimberly Meyer, Paul Theroux, and more.
Contents
Foreword by Jason Wilson
Introduction by William T. Vollmann
MONTE REEL. How to Explore Like a Real Victorian Adventurer
from The Believer
PETER GWIN. The Telltale Scribes of Timbuktu
from National Geographic
HENRY SHUKMAN. Chernobyl, My Primeval, Teeming, Irradiated Eden
from Outside
ELLIOTT D. WOODS. Garbage City
from VQR
THOMAS SWICK. My Days with the Anti-Mafia
from The Missouri Review
ROBIN KIRK. City of Walls
from The American Scholar
J. MALCOLM GARCIA. Now Ye Know Who the Bosses Are Here Now
from McSweeney’s
PAUL THEROUX. The Wicked Coast
from The Atlantic
MICHAEL GORRA. Letter from Paris
from The Hudson Review
KENAN TREBINCEVIC. The Reckoning
from The New York Times Magazine
BRYAN CURTIS. The Tijuana Sports Hall of Fame
from Grantland
KIMBERLY MEYER. Holy City of the Wichitas
from Ecotone
DIMITER KENAROV. Memento Mori
from The Believer
PICO IYER. Maximum India
from Condé Nast Traveler
LYNN FREED. Keeping Watch
from Harper’s Magazine
LUKE DITTRICH. Walking the Border
from Esquire
MARK JENKINS. Amundsen Schlepped Here
from Outside
MARK JENKINS. Conquering an Infinite Cave
from National Geographic
AARON DACYTL. Railroad Semantics
from Railroad Semantics
Contributors’ Notes
Notable Travel Writing of 2011
