The best women's travel writing
Subtitle: true stories from around the world
By: edited by Lavinia Spalding
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781609520984
Subjects: Voyages and travels; Women authors; Women travelers; Travelers' writings
Description: "Tell me," poet Mary Oliver once wrote, "what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Oliver's quote opens the The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World. And to answer the question, thirty celebrated and emerging writers invite you to ride shotgun as they travel the globe to discover new places, people, and facets of themselves. The essays are as diverse as the destinations, the common thread being fresh, compelling storytelling that will make you laugh, weep, wish you were there, or thank your lucky stars you weren't. The Best Women's Travel Writing speaks to the reasons why we travel--and how travel changes our lives. In The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 10: True Stories from Around the World, you'll: Study the ancient art of belly dancing in Egypt, Go day-drinking with a sea captain in Croatia Scuba dive through an underground cave in Mexico, Run from massive exploding balloons in Burma, Embed with the military in Afghanistan, Experience a different kind of time in Argentina, Go dogsledding in Finland, Confront heartache, pain, and a deadly creature in Indonesia, Negotiate with smugglers in Mongolia, Marry a stranger at Burning Man ... and much, much more.
Table of contents: title: Good is coming / Angela Long; title: Snails / Faith Adiele; title: Bad pilgrim / Serena McClain; title: Day dreamer / Erin Byrne; title: Fly Girl / Abbie Kozolchyk; title: Miss Associated Supermarket / Katherine Jamieson; title: Chasing Alexander Supertramp / Eva Holland; title: Oh captain, my captain / Johanna Gohmann; title: Ashes over Havana / Magda Montiel Davis; title: The Siberian connection / Carrie Kirby; title: For the sake of the sin / Blair Braverman; title: The road not ridden / Jayme Moye; title: Milagros and the underworld / Jill K. Robinson; title: Why did the American cross the road / Sarah Katin; title: Waiting for the Sun / Marcia DeSanctis; title: An hour like water / Kate McCahill; title: Snow in Mongolia / Shebana Coelho; title: Juan's jukebox / Christina Ammon; title: An unwanted guest / Simone Gorrindo; title: Indian Ocean commotion / Judith Campbell; title: Private lessons / Colleen Kinder; title: That time I got married at Burning Man / Carly Blitz; title: Incoming / E.B. Boyd; title: Travels with Carly / Rachel Friedman; title: The grease devil is not real / Hannah Tennant-Moore; title: Balloons over Burma / Becky Hutner; title: Free range / Anne Korkeakivi; title: Sea change / Candace Rose Rardon; title: Pretty red / Kimberley Lovato; title: Leader of the pack / Peggy Orenstein.