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The joys and challenges of living and working in Antarctica, with Karen Pszonka
“On the Ice”: What it’s like to live and work at Antarctica’s McMurdo Station
A Critical Race Theorist’s guide to writing smut novels, with Dr. Kevin Harrison
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Kevin Harrison on storytelling from places and people we don’t typically hear about.
Nicholas D. Kristof’s case for using indie-travel guidebooks (from 1986)
“Good Digs in Timbuktu” By Nicholas D. Kristof (an excerpt) It was the slow train to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso in West Africa, and it had just stopped at the border of the Ivory Coast. Among the mango sellers alongside the train, I found two Canadians who were headed in the same direction.…
Traveler ideals, hospitality, and the disappearance of an Italian priest in Syria
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The life and disappearance of Father Paolo Dall’Oglio and his travelers’ sanctum in Syria
Refuse to be Done: The art of creative persistence for long-haul projects
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Creative persistence: The art of writing (and finishing) better long-form narratives
“Picturesque World”: Intro to The Best Travel Writing, Vol. 11
By Rolf Potts Most any journey can, at moments, have a way of making a traveler feel like he’s navigating a blurred line between present and past. Walk through the urban slums at the outskirts of modern Mumbai, and you can get a sense for what New York’s Lower East Side might have felt like…
Marcia DeSanctis on revisiting places, souvenirs, and travel as self-reinvention
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Marcia deSanctis on revisiting places, souvenirs, and travel as self-reinvention
The Vagabond’s Way: Ballantine to release Rolf’s new book in October of 2022
I am happy to announce that my new book, The Vagabond’s Way: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery, and the Art of Travel, will be released by Ballantine Books in October of this year, and is available for preorder from your favorite local or online bookstore. Information about promotions, book-tour events, and a tie-in Deviate podcast…
“For the Traveler,” by John O’Donohue (2008)
Every time you leave home, Another road takes you Into a world you were never in. New strangers on other paths await. New places that have never seen you Will startle a little at your entry. Old places that know you well Will pretend nothing Changed since your last visit. When you travel, you find…
Chris Guillebeau on life goals, work, and travel as alt-university [encore]
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On confronting discontent, travel as education, and how to write a Big Idea book.
Hitchhiking for pastries: The art of structuring a journey with an obsession
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Sophia Bentaher on her experience of hitching Europe in search of pastry recipes.