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“Travel connoisseurs divide the world into those places they’ve been dying to visit or revisit and places they’d never set foot in but are glad someone else did. This year’s volume of travel writing . . . focuses mostly on the latter with derring-do dispatches.” — USA Today

A far-ranging collection of the best travel writing pieces published in 2013, collected by guest editor Paul Theroux. The Best American Travel Writing consistently includes a wide variety of pieces, illuminating the wonder, humor, fear, and exhilaration that greets all of us when we embark on a journey to a new place. Readers know that there is simply no other option when they want great travel writing.

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"The Best American Travel Writing has been the gold standard for short-form travel writing from newspapers, magazines and the Internet since its inception 15 years ago.  This year’s guest editor – a different one is chosen for each volume – is none other than the godfather of contemporary American travel writing, Paul Theroux.  A generation of travel writers owes a debt to Theroux’s immersive, first-person narratives, captured with unflinching, sometimes merciless candor...In essay after essay, a theme runs through this volume – people journey, sometimes great distances, often enduring great hardship, only to be redeemed by human connection."  -- The New York Times Book Review "Will gratify both armchair travelers and the most seasoned and fearless thrill-seekers...refreshingly original stories, alternately humorous, nostalgic, exhilarating and horrifying...A thrilling, surprising collection—one of the best in the series." --Kirkus  —

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In this era of “listicles” (“Ten Best Waterslides on Cruise Ships!”) and travel articles that are little more than boasting of luxury hotels and restaurants, guest editor Paul Theroux is more interested in “the traveler’s baptism of fire.” The stories in The Best American Travel Writing 2014 take readers from Somalian prisons to Greyhound bus terminals, from the rivers of the Alaskan wilderness to the vanishing rainforests of Brazil, and to so many places in between. At turns hilarious, riveting, and philosophical, the stories in this collection “illustrate the defiance of the traveler who, against the odd, sets off to find something new to write about.”

The Best American Travel Writing 2014 includes

Elif Batuman, Julia Cooke, A. A. Gill, Janine di Giovanni
Peter LaSalle, Andrew McCarthy, Michael Paterniti, Stephanie Pearson
Gary Shteyngart, Colson Whitehead, and others

[INSERT AUTHOR PHOTO] PAUL THEROUX, guest editor, is the author of many renowned travel books, including The Last Train to Zona Verde, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, and The Great Railway Bazaar. His acclaimed novels include The Mosquito Coast, Hotel Honolulu, and The Lower River.
JASON WILSON, series editor, writes the spirits column for the Washington Post and is the editor of The Smart Set. He is also the author of Boozehound.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mariner Books; 2014th edition (October 7, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0544330153
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0544330153
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.84 x 8.25 inches
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    JASON WILSON is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Cider Revival, Boozehound and Godforsaken Grapes. The series editor for Best American Travel Writing since its inception in 2000, Wilson has also written for the Washington Post, the New York Times, The New Yorker, and many others.

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    Peter Selgin is the author of Drowning Lessons, winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction (Univ. of Georgia Press, 2008). He has published a novel, Life Goes To the Movies (Dzanc, 2009), three books on the craft of fiction writing (Writers Digest), and a children’s picture book, S.S. Gigantic Across the Atlantic (Simon & Schuster). His first essay collection, Confessions of a Left-Handed Man (University of Iowa, 2012), was a finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize. A novel-in-manuscript, “The Water Master,” won the Faulkner-Wisdom Prize for Best Novel. His memoir, The Inventors (Hawthorne Books), which won the Housatonic Book Award, was among Library Journal’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 (Of it their reviewer wrote: “It is a book destined to become a modern American classic."). His work has appeared in the Missouri Review, Colorado Review, Gettysburg Review, Glimmer Train, The Sun, Ploughshares, Salon, Best American Essays and Best American Travel Writing. He is an affiliate faculty member of Antioch University’s MFA Creative Writing Program in Los Angeles, and Associate Professor of English at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia.

    Before turning full-time to writing, Peter earned his living as a visual artist and illustrator, with work appearing in The New Yorker, Gourmet, The Wall Street Journal, Outside, Fine Gardening, and other magazines. His paintings of the Titanic were the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal and on NPR and Fox's Good Morning, America. His plays, including A God in the House, based on Dr. Kevorkian and his suicide machine, have won national competitions. He was a three-time finalist for the Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference, where A God in the House had its world premiere.

    Peter's hobbies include swimming in all seasons in almost any body of water (lakes being preferable), and writing or sketching at sunny outdoor cafe tables (preferable in Venice or on the Mediterranean coast).

    Website: http://www.peterselgin.com

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    Harrison Scott Key is the winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and the author of three nonfiction novels: How to Stay Married (2023), Congratulations, Who Are You Again? (2018), and The World's Largest Man (2015). He lives in Savannah, Georgia. Learn more at www.HarrisonScottKey.com.

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John Moore
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely brilliant!
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The best yet. I realize others thought the definition of 'travel' was too broad but that was the strength of the collection. Brilliant writing abounds. Guest editor Theroux chose articles that differed greatly in tone and style. Like others, I think "Fifty Shades of Greyhound" deserves a spot in the comedy hall of fame. A.A. Gill's put down of European anti-Americanism is also delicious. Sean Wilsey on Venice is an absolute stunner, ditto Jeffrey Tayler's sojourn in China/Tibet, Alex Shoumatoff on the last "undiscovered" tribes on the Amazon in Brazil and on and on. It is true this collection might better be described as "Best Writing about Places"--but what a journey it is - entertaining, sad, exhilarating, thought provoking, hilarious. Bravo--the best collection yet
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Jonathan Wood
4.0 out of 5 stars A hodge-podge of accounts but good reads
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017
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Some great articles because travel writing can encompass so much. There was science and really dramatic stories as well as nostalgic and fascinating account. Not all were hits with me but most of them were worth the time spend reading.
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E. B. Adams
3.0 out of 5 stars Better , but not Best...
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2015
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There are some very well-written and fascinating articles in this compilation, but also some that I just couldn't finish reading. I really like Paul
Theroux, but I'm not sure I'd always follow his guidance on what makes a good travel story.
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Scott Wyman
5.0 out of 5 stars There are some excellent writing and articles here
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2015
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There are some excellent writing and articles here. It's one of the better annual editions of this series. Also, there are the normal small number of snooze articles. Also, recommended is "The Best Sports Writing of 2014"... even if you don't give a hoot about sports. Recommend both!
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YG
4.0 out of 5 stars Decent compilation
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2015
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Some good stories, some just ok. Worth reading if you like this series, but if you haven't read previous additions I recommend the 2010 edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015
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Eclectic mix of stories from talented writers. Perfect "before bed" reading, as no story is extremely long.
This is a great series of books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars 2014 was the best year for travel
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2014 was the best year for travel. After I read this book I bolted both my feet to the bathroom floor,
swearing off any more travel until I realize the GOD AWFUL TRUTH. Will report back from la selva.
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FredlyStew
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2015
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The essays chosen by the editors were very esoteric, not really suited to a tourist-type traveler. I was expecting Daisann McClain and I got Camus. Ironically I am a huge fan of Paul Theroux, one of the editors. He should perhaps stick to writing and give up editing.
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