In the past year, I’ve read (and reviewed) a lot of travel memoirs. I was on a deliberate kick because I wanted to absorb the genre and better understand how writers tell their story. This fall however, in conjunction with my speech to the freshmen at Central College in Iowa, I read the assigned book for …
The travel memoir kick continues. Each month I read one memoir or travel-focused book. The last book giveaway of Behind the Beautiful Forevers was a serious selection and the giveaway generated a lot of interest. This month I review a different flavor of book: Cheryl’s Strayed’s memoir Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific …
Each month, I share a recent travel book I have read. Many books in my queue focus on specific places because they offer a framework understanding of a country or culture I hope to visit. This month’s nonfiction book gives a deeper understanding of a country I hope to return to again: India. Is Behind …
Gold Rush in the Jungle is not a book I would have normally picked out from the bookstore; though I care about sustainable tourism, conservation work, and that side of travel, it just wouldn’t occur to me that a narrative on conservation work would be interesting. I was wrong. The book billed itself as a …