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niche_hall's review against another edition
4.0
will read this anthology every year when it comes out!
mojostdennis's review
5.0
Some of the pieces are better than others, but overall this is an excellent collection. Personal favorite pieces: "Rick Steves Wants To Set You Free," "My Own Private Iceland," and "What I Learned in Avalanche School."
renwolf's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
ericad0613's review
5.0
More than just travel writing, these essays contemplate difficult topics that we cannot escape, even on a trip- climate change, racism, whitewashing of history, to name a few.
yooperann's review
5.0
Excellent. So much better than The Best American Food Writing. Both editors try, under time pressure, to respond to the zeitgeist, but this one does it much better. For example, both include first person stories by authors with disabilities. But the one in the Food volume reads like a to-do list. The one in the Travel volume is a breath-taking account of a trip to Lake Como, including a detail in which a man masturbating in the shrubbery sees the author and immediately stops and crosses himself. Not a weak essay in the volume.
saragardinier's review
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
As always with this series, many of the essays were moving on a deep level.