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Travel Writing
How to Write about Travel
Do you wish to learn how to write and publish travel articles and essays? This 30-minute instructional video by author, journalist, and travel writer […]
Short Memoir: Looking Back on Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air”
Sending Jon Krakauer to Everest was my idea. After the news broke, I spent the better part of a day wondering if I’d put him […]
Short Memoir: Looking Back on Jon Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air,” Part II
How I Coached Jon Krakauer to Write the Story that Only He Could Tell Last week, I posted Part I of the story of my […]
How Travel, Journaling, and Yoga Bring Us Home to Our True Self
Working in memoir requires a writer to stand in the fire of truth. This means holding ourselves accountable to seeing what’s true about our lives. Part […]
Short Memoir: How Pilgrimage Shows Us the Way Back to True Self
Last winter, I traveled to southern India for a pilgrimage to Arunachala, a conical mountain considered by Hindus to be the embodiment of Shiva, the […]
How Travel Changes Us
In 2011, I spent three months on walkabout in Israel and Palestine. At the time I was struggling with life. I wanted to see if […]
Short Memoir: How Pilgrimage Shows Us the Way Back to True Self, Part 2
Something changed in me that day on Mount Arunachala. I glimpsed something I’d never seen before. At least, not since I was a boy. It […]