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Essays & Criticism

The Last Wild River

Oxford American & The Best American Travel Writing 2009

Returning to the river my father made famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view). [ Read ]


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Southern Enemy Number One

Oxford American

Ralph McGill and the burden of history. [ Read ]


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Unsentimental Journeys

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Wrestling With Paul Theroux [ Read ]


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The Water Is Wide

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Tim Butcher's “Blood River” [ Read ]


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Chuck Thompson's Smile When You're Lying

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The Independent Weekly

Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie and File Gumbo

The Independent Weekly

The best of Southern food writing [ Read ]


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A Bigger Bang

The Independent Weekly

Two journalists take on a very different sort of summer vacation [ Read ]


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Where the Grass is Green

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A personal anthem to an unlikely travel song [ Read ]


Travel Features

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