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Here I Go Again: The Onset of New Travel Writing
By Geo Ong The epigraph of (the wonderfully-named) William Least Heat-Moon’s forthcoming collection of travel essays comes from an overheard conversation involving a New York City waitress called Dolores, in 2001, who said: I live downtown and I work uptown. … Continue reading
Posted in Geo, Literature, Travel
Tagged books, here there elsewhere, travel essays, travel literature, travel writing, william least heat-moon, writers, writing
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Urchin Travel Advice
*** Don’t make assumptions! Some of your worst experiences/best stories come from assuming that something will work. For example, do not assume that just because you have a Eurail pass you don’t need to purchase a seat reservation. You will … Continue reading
The Seasonal Urchin Bookshelf Revampathon!
It’s that time again, kids! Here are the books on our horizons. Margaret’s books A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway It’s a tad embarrassing that I’m just now getting around to reading this. A Moveable Feast is Hemingway’s posthumous classic … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Literature
Tagged A Moveable Feast, ali smith, books, ernest hemingway, gone to new york, graphic novels, ian frazier, john steinbeck, marjane satrapi, novels, of mice and men, robertson davies, the accidental, the deptford trilogy, the sigh, travel writing, urchin bookshelf, world of wonders
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And Now, Langston Hughes Demonstrates How to Live a Decade
By Geo Ong Langston Hughes, primarily known as a poet of the Harlem Renaissance, also happened to be a pretty legit traveller. No further evidence is required than his travelogue of the 1930s, I Wonder As I Wander. In a … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, america, books, communism, francisco franco, great depression, henri cartier-bresson, i wonder as i wander, jim crow, langston hughes, madame sun yat sen, mulatto, poets, russia, soviet union, spanish civil war, travel literature, travel writing, travelogues, World War II
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‘I Feel Like I’ve Seen You Here Before’: Recurring Thoughts on Travel Writing
by Geo Ong Both travel and writing are important tenets of Urchin philosophy, which naturally suggests that travel writing is twice as important. It sure seems that way, to us and probably to you, if you’ve been reading us for … Continue reading
The Best of Travel Writing: Peter Jon Lindberg
By Sarah Jost You read a lot of things in a day. The news, your email, books, magazines, websites. For the most part you just absorb the information. But every so often you come across a bit of writing that … Continue reading
