Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xv
Rick Steves Wants to Set You Free Sam Anderson 1
From The New York Times Magazine
On the Road with Thomas Merton Fred Bahnson 20
From Emergence Magazine
If You Are Permanently Lost Molly McCully Brown 42
From The Paris Review
Life, Death, and the Border Patrol Jackie Bryant 47
From Sierra
The Volunteer's Dilemma Ken Budd 49
From The Washington Post Magazine
My Own Private Iceland Kyle Chayka 61
From Vox
Revisiting My Grandfather's Garden Mojgan Ghazirad 78
From Longreads
To the Follower of Cheikh Bamba Whom I Met in Dakar Emmanuel Iduma 88
From Off Assignment
How to Mourn a Glacier Lacy M. Johnson 91
From The New Yorker
Chloé Cooper Jones. Such Perfection 97
From The Believer
What I Learned in Avalanche School Heidi Julavits 111
From The New York Times Magazine
Glow James Lasdun 128
From The New Yorker
To Hold Oneself Together Yiyun Li 141
From T: The New York Times Style Magazine
The Last of the Great American Hobos Jeff MacGregor 151
From Smithsonian
The Trillion-Dollar Nowhere Ben Mauk 166
From The New York Times Magazine
My Father's Land Courtney Desiree Morris 186
From Stranger's Guide
At the Border, No One Can Know Your Name Alejandra Oliva 201
From Zora
The Shape of Water Stephanie Pearson 212
From Outside
Who Lives in Palermo Is Palermo Ashley Powers 224
From Airbnb Magazine
Climate Signs Emily Raboteau 233
From The New York Review of Books
Walking with Migrants Paul Salopek 263
From National Geographic
Lost in Summerland Barrett Swanson 271
From The Atavist Magazine
Vacation Memories Marred by the Indelible Stain of Racism Shanna B. Tiayon 296
From Longreads
Contributors' Notes 304
Notable Travel Writing of 2019 309
