The Best American Travel Writing 2014 (51 page)

 

Colson Whitehead
was born in New York City in 1969. His writing has appeared in the
New York Times, New York
magazine,
Harper's Magazine,
and
Salon
. He is the author of several books:
The Intuitionist, John Henry Days, The Colossus of New York, Apex Hides the Hurt,
and
Sag Harbor
. His most recent novel,
Zone One,
was published in 2011. His newest book is a work of nonfiction,
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky and Death,
published in 2014. Whitehead was a 2002 MacArthur Fellow.

 

Sean Wilsey
is the author of the memoir
Oh the Glory of It All
and coeditor, with Matt Weiland, of
State by State: A Panoramic View of America
. He currently serves as editor-at-large for
McSweeney's
.

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ELECTED BY
J
ASON
W
ILSON

 

A
NDREW
B
EAHRS

Three-Stone Fire.
Virginia Quarterly Review,
Fall.

K
IMBERLY
B
EEKMAN

Riding the Waves.
Skiing,
December.

M
OLLY
B
EER

Fire Ants.
Vela,
November 18.

F
RANK
B
URES

The Fallout.
Washington Post Magazine,
March 24.

 

T
OM
C
HIARELLA

1,000 Miles of Men.
Esquire,
June/July.

 

N
ATHAN
D
EUEL

Once Upon a Time in the Middle East.
Morning News,
October 2.

C
ARA
D
ORRIS

My Fake Levantine Romance.
New York Times Magazine,
October 13.

 

J
OSH
E
ELLS

Night Club Royale.
The New Yorker,
September 30.

 

E
VE
F
AIRBANKS

Pardon'd.
Witness,
Spring.

D
AVID
F
ARLEY

A Sort of Happy Ending.
World Hum,
June 8.

M
IKE
F
INKEL

First Australians.
National Geographic,
June.

Stranded on the Roof of the World.
National Geographic,
February.

 

S
ALLY
F
RANSON

The Tour Guide.
Witness,
Spring.

S
TEVE
F
RIEDMAN

Nirvana Now!
Backpacker,
June.

 

E
LIZABETH
G
ILBERT

Don't Mess with Perfect.
Outside,
April.

A. A. G
ILL

Goodward Vibrations.
Vanity Fair,
September.

 

R
OWAN
J
ACOBSEN

The Homeless Herd.
Harper's Magazine,
August.

J
AMIE
J
AMES

That Old Bali Magic.
National Geographic Traveler,
June/July.

M
ARK
J
ENKINS

America's Cathedrals.
National Geographic Traveler,
October.

Get Up and Go.
Outside,
October.

Maxed Out on Everest.
National Geographic,
June.

On the Trail with the First Skiers.
National Geographic,
June.

R
ACHEL
P
IEH
J
ONES

“Bring a Big Knife to School” Day.
Smart Set,
July 31.

 

A
RIEL
L
EVY

Thanksgiving in Mongolia.
The New Yorker,
November 18.

P
ETER
J
ON
L
INDBERG

The Books They Carried.
Travel + Leisure,
August.

S
ANDRA
T
SING
L
OH

Remembrance of Things Past in Egypt.
More,
May.

 

D
OUG
M
ACK

Go Your Own Way.
Morning News,
July 24.

 

J
USTIN
N
OBLE

The Search for Granny-dump Mountain.
Tin House,
October 22.

 

M
ICHAEL
P
ATERNITI

The Luckiest Village in the World.
GQ,
May.

T
ONY
P
ERROTTET

Rich Tourist, Poor Tourist.
New York Times,
May 26.

 

E
DWARD
R
EADICKER
-H
ENDERSON

Heaven Scent.
Afar,
August/September.

 

P
AUL
S
ALOPEK

Out of Eden.
National Geographic,
December.

A Stroll Around the World.
New York Times,
November 24.

D
AVID
S
EDARIS

Long Way Home.
The New Yorker,
April 1.

N
OAH
G
ALLAGHER
S
HANNON

To Land Unknown.
New York Times Magazine,
May 19.

J
ESSE
S
MITH

Florida's Promise.
Smart Set,
March 26.

T
HOMAS
S
WICK

Warsaw, Liberated.
National Geographic Traveler,
August/September.

 

T
HOMAS
C
HATTERTON
W
ILLIAMS

How Hipsters Ruined Paris.
New York Times,
November 10.

A
LEX
W
ILSON

At the Crossroads.
Surfer,
July.

 

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P
AUL
T
HEROUX
, guest editor, is the author of many renowned travel books, including
The Last Train to Zona Verde, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari
, and
The Great Railway Bazaar
. His acclaimed novels include
The Mosquito Coast, Hotel Honolulu,
and
The Lower River
.

 

J
ASON
W
ILSON
, series editor, is the author of
Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits
and the digital wine series
Planet of the Grapes
. He has written for the
Washington Post
, the
Boston Globe
, the
Philadelphia Daily News
, and many other publications. He is the founding editor of
The Smart Set
and
Table Matters
.

1. Names of some explorers have been changed.

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