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Going abroad for love, and travel writing that says something new about a place
“When asked to give advice to young people looking to become travel writers, I invariably tell them to go – alone – and live...
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Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club redo)
“One way of making famous landmarks more comprehensible is to look for surprises, good and bad, that go beyond what you are expected to...
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Travel memoir lab: Truth, luck, & multi-genre storytelling (with Tom Bissell)
“Not everyone who’s lucky is talented and not everyone who’s talented is lucky.” –Tom Bissell In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Tom talk...
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Seek places where your very presence makes you interesting (book club remix)
“One way of making famous landmarks more comprehensible is to look for surprises, good and bad, that go beyond what you are expected to...
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Vagabonding audio companion: A life in (and philosophy of) long-term travel
“One ironic anxiety of travel is that suddenly you’re living in ‘organic time’ and you’re not used to it.” –Rolf Potts In this “vagabonding...
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A train isn’t just a vehicle; it’s a place (a remix encore, with Monisha Rajesh)
“A wonderful aspect of traveling by train is the transactional relationship between passengers who feed off one another, picking up tips, offering advice, guarding...