The Best American Travel

Required Textbooks:* The Best American Travel Writin" rel="nofollow">ing 2014, Ed. Paul Theroux & Jason Wilson. Marin" rel="nofollow">iner Books, 2014. ISBN 978-0544330153 A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration, Ed. Michael Shapiro. Travelers’ Tales, 2004. ISBN 978-1932361087 The Travel Writer's Handbook: How to Write — and Sell — Your Own Travel Experiences, Jacquelin" rel="nofollow">ine Harmon Butler and Louise Purwin" rel="nofollow">in Zobel. Agate Surrey, 2012. ISBN 978-1572841314 READ: “Excuse Us While We Kiss the Sky” by Power; “Dream Acres” by Rin" rel="nofollow">inella; “Now We are Five” by Sedaris; “My New York: A Romance in" rel="nofollow">in Eight Parts” by Selgin" rel="nofollow">in. From Sense of Place in" rel="nofollow">interviews of Steves, Win" rel="nofollow">inchester, and Greenwald. From the Handbook read chapters 10, 11, and 12. I am not givin" rel="nofollow">ing you direct in" rel="nofollow">instructions on the form I want your response to take; I want you to decide how you are goin" rel="nofollow">ing to in" rel="nofollow">interpret/react/use each week’s readin" rel="nofollow">ings. However, without summarizin" rel="nofollow">ing the various readin" rel="nofollow">ings, your posts should in" rel="nofollow">indicate to me that you have done all of the readin" rel="nofollow">ing for the week. If you only address one article then I will assume you did not read them all. Note, you need not be entirely positive in" rel="nofollow">in your responses. Did you hate somethin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the readin" rel="nofollow">ings? Great! Tell us about it.