by Jason Wilson
In the Valley. Texas Highways, November.
Andrew McCarthy
The Arans, Hiding in Plain Sight. New York Times, September 16.
Rebecca Mead
Meal Ticket. The New Yorker, June 18.
Natasha Mekhail
Peak Christmas. Hemispheres, December.
Peggy Orenstein
Why I Took My Daughter to Auschwitz. Condé Nast Traveler, November.
Susan Orlean
Zooming In on Petra. Smithsonian, October.
Adriana Páramo
Love on the Iditarod Trail. Southern Indiana Review, Spring.
James Patrick
The Bootleggers of Madagascar. Roads & Kingdoms, March 5.
Stephanie Pearson
In the Land of Giants. Outside Magazine, September.
Tony Perrottet
High Spirits. Travel + Leisure, February.
Emily Polk
The Littlest Wren. Creative Nonfiction, Summer.
Dave Seminara
Trespassing at Ernest Hemingway’s House. Literary Hub, July 2.
Ronnie Shuker
The Miracle at 14,000 Feet. Roads & Kingdoms, February 26.
John Jeremiah Sullivan
American Beauty. Travel + Leisure, April.
Jodie Noel Vinson
Mother Russia. December, vol. 29, no. 1.
Alison Willmore
The Myth of Traveling Light. Buzzfeed, March 25.
Eric Wilson
Nix Hotel Savoy. New England Review, vol. 39, no. 3.
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About the Editors
Alexandra Fuller, guest editor, is the author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight and Scribbling the Cat. She was born in England and grew up in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia.
Jason Wilson, series editor, is the author of The Cider Revival, Godforsaken Grapes, and Boozehound. He writes regularly for the Washington Post and the New York Times. Wilson has been the series editor of The Best American Travel Writing since its inception in 2000.
His work can be found at jasonwilson.com
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