Asha Veal Brisebois (above) is the editor of The Places We’ve Been: Field Reports from Travelers Under 35 (2013). She is also publisher for the newly formed The Places We’ve Been books, dedicated to literary-based portrayals of the diverse experiences of human existence. To celebrate the recent publication of The Places We’ve Been, Asha recently chatted with […]
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Happy Reading: A First Look At Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss
Happiness is on the brain. I read this interview with Cheryl Strayed on The Happiness Project, in which Strayed calls a 20-minute walk “the cheapest, healthiest cure on earth.” Preach it! And recently I finished Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss (which I heard about from JoAnna Haugen’s review.) Weiner’s book is a compelling and quirky quest […]
“Try To See What Is Really There” And Other Travel Writing Tips (With Nicaragua On My Mind)
After eight days in Nicaragua, I’ve got a lot to think about. My skirts-all-the-way strategy (described in this earlier post) worked well, and a bit of MacGuyver laundry made up the shortfall in shirts and ladylike unmentionables. Our group did touristy things like gorge on Salvadoran papusas and visit a pottery studio. We also visited […]